Congratulations to Brooke Monk, who recently received three awards as part of her activities out of school with her football team!

She received a trophy for Parents' Player and her team won two medals: one for being the Cup winners and one for being League runners up. Well done, Brooke!

Havant Academy has made a pledge to support girls' football in 2022/23. Because of this, we were lucky enough to be sent multiple copies of Leah Williamson's book, "You Have the Power" from the Literacy Trust.

If anyone would like to play along with the Reading Challenge, you can download your own wall chart at: https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/womens-world-cup/ 

These brand new books will be available to take out from the library next school year!

Jo Parsons
Havant Academy Librarian

It is with great excitement that we can announce that over 400 KS3 students have achieved their John Muir Award.

They have worked hard in all weathers on a range of activities that cover the four aspects of the award.

Most of all we have had great fun doing it!

Students will receive their certificates in the celebration assemblies.

Treasure these certificates as this is a nationally recognised award and will look great on a CV!

Mrs Wiles - Alternative Curriculum Manager

Days Out Now provide a brilliant website signposting activities and events for families across the UK. 

They also work closely with charities such as 'Something to Looks Forward To', a charity that exist to promote the well-being, relieve the stress and aid the recuperation of those who are experiencing the effects of cancer and its treatments, together with their families. In particular by the provision of positive individual and/or family experiences.

They recently published this free resource that details a range of restaurants and places that families can eat for low-cost with children over the summer holiday period.

Havant Academy has won ‘A Brilliant Box of Books’ from Read for Good, a charity which supports schools with reading.

Our boxes contained around 150 brand new books and comics to revitalise our library stock for the next school year.

The school's librarians were lucky enough to get a sneak preview and unboxed the books today.

#readforgood

Thank you so much!

Jo Parsons
Havant Academy Librarian

I am sure you will be aware that, following their strike action earlier in the year, the National Education Union (NEU) has declared strike action for teaching staff on Wednesday 5th July and Friday 7th July.

If you would like to be involved in the performance side of DANCE LIVE 2024 please come to auditions/sign up on:

Thursday 6th July 3PM

No need to prepare anything, just bring kit

Please speak to Miss Way if you need more detail.

Congratulations to the following students in Year 7 who have made INCREDIBLE progress in their reading over this academic year, based on the Star Reading Assessments during this week  

Year 7

Lacey P, 7NBA - improved by 2 years 1 month

Jaydon S, 7NBA - improved by 1 year 1 month

Alfie O'B, 7NBA - improved by 1 year 4 months

Makayla G, 7NBA - improved by 1 year 6 months

Elliott H, 7NBA - improved by 3 years

Lily M, 7NBA- improved by 1 year 6 months

Bobby R, 7NBA - improved by 1 year 11 months

Brooke Y, 7NBA - improved by 1 year

Grace H, 7KWA - improved by 1 year 1 month

Lucas C, 7KWA - improved by 1 year

Jaxon M, 7KWA - improved by 2 years 2 months

Evie D, 7KWA - improved by 1 year 1 month

Damon M, 7KWA - improved by 1 year 5 months

Alexia M, 7PDI - improved by 1 year 11 months

Alfie M, 7PDI - improved by 1 year 7 months

Jaidon B, 7PDI - improved by 1 year 5 months

Billie S, 7PDI - improved by 1 year 2 months

Finley R, 7XHA - improved by 1 year

Jack H, 7XHA - improved by 1 year 3 months

Najai L, 7XHA - improved by 2 years 11 months

Aminur R, 7XHA - improved by 1 year 8 months

Johnson F, 7XHA - improved by 1 year 8 months

Max W, 7EIS - improved by 3 years 10 months

Congratulations to the following students in Year 8 who have made INCREDIBLE progress in their reading over this academic year, based on the Star Reading Assessments during this week  

Year 8

Eloise - improved by 1 year

Jake B, 8KLE - improved by 1 year 1 month

Aaliyah L, 8LST - improved by 1 year

Jacob M, 8LST - improved by 1 year 4 months

Johnie N, 8LST - improved by 1 year 3 months

Mackenzie R, 8MJO - improved by 1 year 7 months

Ellie S, 8MJO - improved by 2 years 5 months

Sierra Y, 8MJO - improved by 2 years 4 months

Hadley H, 8MJO - improved by 1 year 1 month

Lewis P, 8MJO - improved by 2 years 6 months

Ryley C, 8JMC - improved by 1 year 3 months

Megan R, 8JMC - improved by 1 year

Lennox H, 8CRE - improved by 1 year 2 months

Congratulations to the following students in Year 9 who have made INCREDIBLE progress in their reading over this academic year, based on the Star Reading Assessments during this week  

Year 9

Logan B, 9BIN - improved by 2 years 4 months

Harry M, 9BIN - improved by 1 year 3 months

Morgan B, 9BIN - improved by 1 year 4 months

Eleanor W, 9BIN - improved by 1 year 2 months

Chloe C, 9BIN - improved by 1 year 2 months

Maria M, 9SKO - improved by 1 year 8 months

Tallulah R, 9SKO - Improved by 2 years 8 months

Maisie H, 9SKO - improved by 1 year 5 months

Stephen R, 9HKI - improved by 1 year 4 months

Brooke A, 9HKI - improved by 1 year 5 months

Aleks C, 9HKI - improved by 1 year 4 months

Summer S, 9HKI - improved by 1 year 4 months

Mia A, 9DTO - improved by 2 years 2 months

Keris C, 9DTO - improved by 1 year 7 months

Joey E, 9DTO - improved by 1 year 1 month

Quinlan T, 9DTO - improved by 1 year 7 months

Charlie P, 9SKG - improved by 2 years 6 months

Sasha N, 9SKG - improved by 2 years 1 month

Rhys S, 9SKG - improved by 2 years 6 months

Toby S, 9SKG - improved by 4 years

Congratulations to students in Years 10 and 11 who have completed a massive 134,389 questions on the science revision platform ‘Tassomai’ since January, that’s 481 extra learning hours!

Achievement points have been added for the top 3 students in Year 10 and Year 11 as well as the overall top user. Well done to you all.

Year 10 - Top 3 Users 

Alisha H, Jack D and Hattie L

Year 11 - Top 3 Users 

Cerys M, Charlotte E and Jimmy P

Overall Top User

Natalia L (Yr11)

Some Year 10 students got to attend the HSDC final end of year dance performance.

Students also got a tour of the Performing Arts Centre and further information about their Level 3 courses. 

Our Year 9 Sports Leaders have been leading a target festival for local primary schools. 

They have been incredible!

We've had some lovely feedback from the schools to say how great they were!   

They've thoroughly enjoyed it!

The students were: 

Sahara S, Shayah S, Katy R, Alexia P, Cleo H, Keeley B, Sasha N, Maisie H, Alfie H, Tyler R,

Curtis P, Layton H, Violet M, Megan O, Priya P, Faith P, Jiyan B, Blake S, Charlie W and Cody D

Our Year 10 BTEC dance students had a workshop by 3Fall Dance Company. 

They spent two hours learning some contemporary technique aswell as learning some professional repertoire  from one of their pieces. All students worked fantastically and were a credit to the school!  

Havant Academy (C Block) hosted an Enterprise Day on Wednesday 26th April run by UNLOC.

The purpose of this Enterprise and Careers Day was to give Havant Academy pupils an insight into a range of vocational careers and help them make informed decisions about their personal career pathway.  As the college for the city, CoPC have been invited to support the delivery so that the pupils get an insight from industry specialists and are made aware of the training opportunities available at CoPC.

As you can see the day was a brilliant success and the students were totally engaged.  Thanks to UNLOC and the C Block team who contributed totally to the success of the day.

Thank you to Alpkit, who have given us £150 to work with students to support wellbeing through being outside.

Today was campfire doughnuts.

Students practiced fire lighting skills and showed great resilience.

The rewards were worth it. 

Dear parents/carers,

Please make a note of the NEW numbers you will need to call to report your child absent from school.

Another fantastic showcase evening with our very first spring showcase last night!

All the performers were fantastic and we are incredibly proud of them!

British Science Week was a success at Havant Academy.

Read the BLOG from TKAT here

Would you like to learn how to create a beautiful piece of art…..

Woodturning is a great hobby where anyone can achieve impressive skills.

Fancy giving it a try as a beginner or further developing your skills set?

Come and join The Forest of Bere Woodturners, a group of enthusiastic amateurs and highly skilled instructors.

If you are under the age of 16, you must be accompanied by an adult.

Join us at St Nicholas Church Hall, Belmont Grove, Bedhampton, Havant PO9 3PU

Woodturning is the craft of using a lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation

www.forestofberewoodturners.co.uk

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π.

Pi Day is observed on March 14 since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π.

Frankie H and Maggie L remembered 41 digits!

Could you do that?

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971

Here are a million digits!

Message sent to Parents and students via ClassCharts

Year 10 students studying the following courses have been invited into school tomorrow and/or Thursday to work on their BTEC coursework to ensure they can meet upcoming deadlines.

BTEC Health & Social Care

BTEC Drama

BTEC Travel & Tourism

Students do not need to wear a school uniform and will receive a free lunch.

Student should arrive in school for 9:00am via Main Reception where they will be registered, and will be on school site until 3:00pm

Thank you,

Miss V Dillon-Thiselton

Deputy Headteacher - Curriculum & Progress 

Make sure you put the date in your diary....

The Havant Academy Spring Showcase is on 

Wednesday 29th March

5pm to 6pm in the

Havant Academy Theatre.

Tickets will be £1 from reception.

Dear Parent and Carers,

How Do I Help My Child With Anxiety – a #NeuroNinja Course
Tuesday 21st March 8pm - Webinar

We’re always looking for ways to support our wonderful children and parent, carer community.

On Tuesday 21 st March at 8pm, Andrew Wright from Action Your Potential will be delivering a webinar for parents and carers all about how to help our children with anxiety.

In this session we will explore;

• How our brain builds models of the world;

• What anxiety is in the brain;

• What is going on in the brain when we’re experiencing anxiety;

• How the brain resolves anxiety through building calm;

• How neurally-diverse children can be supported to respond to their anxiety;

• How can we help our children build back from anxiety;

• How our parental influence moves from protection to preparation;

• How to nurture coping skills and resilience through a focus on mind management.

Andrew is CEO of Action Your Potential, an organisation that works with over 150 schools across the UK supporting them to support their school communities to build powerful habits of well-being, mind management and learning.

Action Your Potential

Excitingly we’re working with Action Your Potential this year to support our whole school community to learn all about our amazing brains.

More information on the #NeuroNinja programme will follow

in the next couple of weeks, with an opportunity to sign up to the #NeuroNinja Learning Hub and how to help your child build the skills of being a #NeuroNinja.

To find out more about the

#NeuroNinja programme and Action Your Potential visit their website –

www.actionyourpotential.org

This session is open to any parent or carer at a TKAT academy.

Sign up here

The Alternative Provision, C Block Department are running an Enterprise Day in partnership with UNLOC on Wednesday 26th April.

International Women's Day is on the 8th March 2023.

A range of books celebrating women's success and achievements, trials and tribulations have been picked out and are on display in the library.

This year's theme is Embrace Equity.

We hope pupils come to the library to pick a book that celebrates this message! 

For World Book Day this year, students and teachers got into the spirit by dressing up as their favourite literary characters. 

We had some amazing costumes from Lord of the Rings, to pupils dressing as characters from Heartstopper. 

We even had a pupil dressed as a banana and another as a dinosaur! Here are some of the staff dressed up for the day.

As part of the celebrations, pupils completed an emoji literary quiz and a book hunt with first lines from a range of books.

You may be aware that there is a social media trend, which has emerged over the last week or so, for students to conduct ‘protests’ in their school. The subject of the protests has focused on uniform expectations and other rules or standards that students are not happy about. There are around 700 schools nationally that have featured on the social media platform tiktok which is where this comes from.

I am absolutely clear that the school will not be disrupted by deliberate acts that set out to undermine standards and expectations. I ask that you speak with your child and ensure that they understand that, if they become involved in this behaviour, I will respond by using the full weight of our behaviour policy. The place for students to express their views is through the school council, the regular questionnaires we use to get their feedback or by speaking with school staff.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further then please get in touch 

enquiries@havant-tkat.org

Mr Noble

Headteacher

A message from Miss Way, Subject Leader for Dance....

Just wanted to share a couple pictures from Dance Live yesterday.

The students were fantastic and a credit to the school. For most of them it was their first time time performing on a stage so they were incredibly nervous but they were amazing!

A special thanks to Miss Everett, Miss Kitchin, Miss Carter-Brown and Miss Kemp-Garcia who were so much help on the day!

A huge 'shout out' to Miss Kemp-Garcia who did our LED screen video - honestly could not have done it without her!

Thank you so all the staff that came to support, the students really appreciated seeing you there.

We had loads of parents come, they were one of the loudest groups in the audience!

Thank you!

Congratulations to:

Raya O, Ruby S, Hattie L, Keira M, Alisha H, Jessica H, Megan P, Kiri D, Darcie C, Lily-May R, Scartlett G, Jamie T, Jess H, Keeley B, Violet M, Shanaya S, Sasha N, Maddison O, Megan R,

Aaliyah L, Rosie O, Poppy C, DJ L, Lillie S, Keria S, Brook E, Makayla G, Nevaeh M, Abigail P, Alexia M, Kheahna G, Megan H, Ashleigh A-S, Lexi N, Dexter T, Ashley C, Jonathan B, Sophia H, Tillie J and Ellie W. 

Dear parents/carers,

We are thrilled that the poet and musician, Kimba, is visiting Havant Academy for World Book Day, which we are celebrating on Friday 3rd March. 

If you wish to purchase his book of poetry prior to the visit, please go to https://www.authorsabroad.com/bookshop/writethewrongs-kimba and select delivery to Havant Academy. Kimba will then sign and personalise the book for your child on the day.

Havant Academy is excited for such a vibrant visitor, who performs his poetry with a hip hop edge! 

In regards to the students named below I wanted to write to you all to say how proud we should be of all of them. Their performance last night highlighted the character we want all of our students to display. Determination, positivity, resilience, team work and enjoyment shone through in abundance. With the support of our staff they were able to show what a positive influence we can have as a school.

They performed cohesively as a single well oiled machine. Each cog playing its part to ensure they all shone together as a team. After a very long day (the coached arrived back at school at 11pm) they were still beaming from ear to ear as they know they have done something special. They were the first in what I am sure will become an annual performance at Dance Live.

Every student deserves your congratulations. 

Miss Way, Miss Carter-Brown, Miss Kitchin, Miss Everett and Miss Kemp-Garcia enabled these students to do something spectacular which will live long in their memories. 

After a long day I have told the students they can arrive late today. I'll have to think of an appropriate thank you for the staff that supported them (suggestions welcome). I owe them all a debt of gratitude. 

I'm very proud of you all. 

Nights like last night make it all worth it.

Mr Noble

Congratulations to:

Raya O, Ruby S, Hattie L, Keira M, Alisha H, Jessica H, Megan P, Kiri D, Darcie C, Lily-May R, Scartlett G, Jamie T, Jess H, Keeley B, Violet M, Shanaya S, Sasha N, Maddison O, Megan R,

Aaliyah L, Rosie O, Poppy C, DJ L, Lillie S, Keria S, Brook E, Makayla G, Nevaeh M, Abigail P, Alexia M, Kheahna G, Megan H, Ashleigh A-S, Lexi N, Dexter T, Ashley C, Jonathan B, Sophia H, Tillie J and Ellie W. 

A group of Year 9 girls took part in a rugby development day hosted by Hayling College at Havant Rugby Club. They went from never having touched a rugby ball to taking on some experienced teams - all with inspiring teamwork and resilience.

The day began with students from five schools being mixed up into groups with different coaches to learn the basics from scrumming, passing, rucking and even tacking. Havant Academy's friendliness really shone through as they quickly made new friends.

In the afternoon we played some games with Havant Academy taking on Hayling College, Purbrock, Chichester Free School and Oaklands. We won some, lost some, scored some tries, made some tackles, ran some meters, caught the ball, dropped the ball - all with smiles on their faces.

The students were an incredible credit to the school. They really impressed the coaches with how they improved and took ownership of the games not needing much sideline direction as they progressed with Keeley B stepping up as captain.  They were supportive of each other, celebrating as if they won each time one of them achieved something new, be it catching the ball, kicking the ball, making a tackle, standing in a defensive line or scoring a try.

Mr Povey and I were incredibly proud of them and I know you all will be as well  - rugby is not an easy sport. Please congratulate them on how they represented the school and themselves.

Congratulations to Year 11 Havant student, ALFIE HARDY-O’BRIEN.

Also known as, Lance Corporal Hardy-O’Brien from Platoon 4 Barrosa - Havant.

Alfie has been taking part in their football competitions which involved 300+ cadets and was selected to represent Hampshire and the Isle of Wight at the Regionals.

After playing in the Regionals, Alfie has now been selected to play for the Nationals representing England at the end of February.

Congratulations!

Dear parents and carers,

I am sure you will be aware from recent media reports that the National Education Union (NEU) has declared strike action for teaching staff in both February and March. The NEU have informed the Government that the following dates will likely be affected by strike action:

• Wednesday 1st February

• Thursday 2nd March

• Wednesday 15th March

• Thursday 16th March

While the planned action is as a result of a national dispute between the unions and the Government, and not the school, it is important that we respond accordingly in the interests of our students whilst respecting the rights of our staff. Therefore, my aim is to give you as much notice as possible of the likely impact of the strike action on the school. Whilst the March dates are still some way ahead of us, I am able to let you know what our plan is for Wednesday 1st February.

When planning our on-site provision, we have prioritised students in Year 11, who are preparing for exams this summer, and we will run in-person classes for these year groups on 1st February. On this day, Year 11 students are expected to attend school as normal.

For Years 7, 8, 9 and 10, we shall provide work remotely for students to complete.  They will be able to access this work via google classroom. 

For a small group of students with specific needs, we will provide the option of onsite provision so that they can carry out the remote work under supervision. If your child is identified as requiring this need, we will contact you separately to confirm arrangements.

Students that are eligible for free school meals not required in school will be issued with a £5 food voucher, via email,  at the end of the day on Tuesday 31st January which can be used in major supermarkets. For those students in school, catering will continue as normal. 

We appreciate that industrial action is disruptive and you may need to change your plans or working arrangements whilst this action is ongoing. If the strike action is called off then we will confirm this as soon as we have been notified and, in this eventuality, the school will be open as usual to all students.

As I explained at the start of this letter, the NEU has indicated that there is further strike action planned for the 2nd March, 15th and 16th March. Please make a note of these dates now and I will write to you in advance of each date to confirm any changes to arrangements and whether the strike is going ahead.

If you have any questions or concerns about the alternative arrangements outlined above, please do contact us.

Yours sincerely,

Mr C Noble

Headteacher

We've had 30 students sign up for the 2 days!

We have played games, broken ice, made swings and got incredibly muddy.... followed by a hot chocolate over a fire.

Ms Wiles has a waiting list and is happy to continue to take on students as this will give an indication of how many would like to come and how many adults are required to support the Club.

The Year 9s were able to watch the Holocaust Educational Trust's Live Webcast this morning (Thursday 26th January) for Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday 27th January.

We watched the story of Ruth Posner.

Miss L Stephens
Curriculum Leader of Humanities

Mrs Snook, our Havant Academy Mental Health First Aider has asked for this to be shared.

 HPNC (Hampshire Parent Carer Network)

Ask About Autism

Come and join us at Havant Academy and help 'FreeBank Po9' with THE BIG WRAP!

Remember to bring your own scissors, tape and pens!

Dear Parent / Carers

You will have heard that there is an increase in scarlet fever in school age children in England. We need to remember that infections remain extremely rare.

Although scarlet fever is usually a mild illness, it should be treated with antibiotics to minimise the risk of complications and reduce the spread to others.

The symptoms of scarlet fever include a sore throat, headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. This is followed by a fine red rash which typically first appears on the chest and stomach, rapidly spreading to other parts of the body. On more darkly-pigmented skin, the scarlet rash may be harder to spot, but it should feel like 'sandpaper'. The face can be flushed red but pale around the mouth.

If you think you, or your child, have scarlet fever:

• See your GP or contact NHS 111 as soon as possible

• Make sure that you/your child takes the full course of any antibiotics prescribed by the doctor.

• Stay at home, away from school for at least 48 hours after starting the antibiotic treatment (in line with school policy) to avoid spreading the infection

If your child has an underlying condition which affects their immune system, you should contact your GP or hospital doctor to discuss whether any additional measures are needed.

These are links to further information:

UKHSA update on scarlet fever and invasive Group A strep UKHSA update on scarlet fever and invasive Group A strep

A fact sheet that covers what scarlet fever is and other frequently asked questions: Factsheet (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Scarlet fever guidance on symptoms, diagnosis on treatment: Scarlet fever: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely

Mr Noble

A message from Plant Education.

We are delighted to be running our Health, Activities and Food Christmas Holiday Camp at Havant Leisure Centre this Christmas.  As you are aware this is funded by DfE and is available to parents who are in receipt of means tested Free school meals, Ukranian refugees and children assessed by the local authority as being in need, at risk or vulnerable.

Our camp includes a variety of fun games, sports and activities for children aged 5 (year1) up to the age of 14.  A hot meal will be provided for each child that attends, delivered by a local supplier.

We are also running a payable camp alongside the funded one,  details are included on the attached flier, with an early bird discount of 10% valid until the 7th December.

We took the Year 7 and 8 girls football team to a tournament in Portsmouth today.

We did extremely well and came runners up in our group.

Here are the results:

Havant v Park 1-0 WIN, Havant v  Hayling 3 - 1 WIN, Springfield v Havant 2 - 0 Loss

Havant v Fareham 8 - 1 WIN, Havant v Crookhorn 1 - 0 WIN, Havant v Cowplain 7 - 0 WIN

Havant v Park B 1 - 0 WIN, Havant v Mayfield 3 - 0 WIN, Havant v Henry Court 0 - 5 Loss

The students in the team were Darcie Robbins, Elsie Robbins, Pixie Moseley, Ruby Kendall, Maddison Oakey, Tilly Barrett.

Please join us in congratulating them

They were a credit to the school.

Miss Everett

Havant Academy’s library has won 30 copies of Football School Star Player after signing up to the National Literacy Trust’s World Cup Reading Challenge. 

Each country is represented by a book from our library, specially chosen by our school librarians and a display in the library shows us which book (country) is currently in the lead. 

Come to the library to keep up to date with the competition! 

Which book will come out on top? 

Come and enjoy the performances on Tuesday 13th December at 5pm

The outdoor classroom is complete!

Students have been using this for the last week and we are so lucky that all of our key stage 3 students will be able to use this amazing resource.

The students will be completing the John Muir Award using this space and the beautiful woodland that surrounds this.

We will be holding an opening event for the classroom so.......watch this space.

Mrs Wiles

The Government has launched the 'Help for Households’ scheme.

The homepage brings together over 40 support schemes that the public can access, depending on eligibility, including help with:

Household costs
Energy Bills
Childcare costs
Income support
Transport costs

Additionally, a range of online tools will help citizens quickly and efficiently check the support they might be eligible for and how to access it.

Reach Out and let's come together to stop bullying.

Resources and support can be found here

The year 7s absolutely smashed it yesterday, beating Park 5-0 and Cowplain 2-0.

They played brilliantly throughout and all left with massive smiles on their faces.

A big thank you to the Mennell family and The Free Palleteers for sponsoring and purchasing our new football kit.

How good do they look!

Mr Povey

Teacher Of Physical Education

Our Year 7s went to HTC last night to play Purbrook and HTC. We beat Purbrook 3-0! and drew 2-2 to HTC. 

The boys did really well and represented the school perfectly. 

Congratulations! 

Congratulations to our new Student Librarians.

Molly R - 11MFA, Elizabeth E - 10TMO, Jonathan B - 9TOB, Phoebe S - 9TOB,

Mia A - 9TOB, Casey A - 9TOB, Cleo H - 9TOB, Andrew S - 9TOB, Faith J - 9SKG,

Violet M - 9SKG, Dylan G - 9SKG, Wiktor K - 9HKI, Summer S - 9BIN, Harry C - 8KLE,

Zack S - 8LST, Esme P - 7KWA, Lillie S - 7KWA, Sophia H - 7KWA, Abigail P - 7PDI,

Megan H - 7PDI, Liam G - 7PDI, Kheahna G - 7PDI and Ashleigh A S - 7PDI

We were delighted to welcome our Year 11s to collect their GCSE results today.

We are exceptionally proud of their achievements and the resilience they have shown over the last 2 years.

There were some outstanding outcomes across a range of subjects and a number of individuals achieved above expectation.

Students official certificates will be available in December (details to follow).

We wish all of our students well for their future endeavours. 

Mr Craig Noble
Headteacher

Our Havant Outdoor Classroom

Following a meeting with all the winning student designers, we are able to share the design for the new outside classroom.

We are so excited and can’t wait to see the design come to life thanks to the National Lottery.

Parents/Carers,

We will be running a Parent/Carer forum before the end of this term. This is your opportunity to contribute to the successful running of Havant Academy.

Please sign up via the link below to join us at school for our Parent/Carer forum on Tuesday 5th July. Two sessions are being offered, one during school time and one after school.

This will be a chance to discuss the needs of the school and how we can work together to ensure its continued success. We will initially focus on the broader aspects of school. If you wish to raise individual, specific concerns about your child please contact their Head of Year directly (contact details are on our website).

Refreshments will be available. So that we are able to order the correct amount of refreshments, please sign up to the Parent/Carer forum here by Friday 1st July.

Kind regards,

Mr Noble

Havant Academy is celebrating after being awarded £10,000 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.

The Academy will use their new National Lottery funding to build a beautiful space with Mark Ford from Two Circle Designs www.twocircledesigns.co.uk to hold group  sessions for the Alternative Curriculum students and the wider school community.

We have come together as a school and submitted over 150 designs to Mark. We have also worked hard with our students to clear the space and get ready for the build! The school community is very excited to see which design will be built.

Craig Noble, Headteacher and Nicky Wiles, Alternative Curriculum Manager said, “Thanks to National Lottery players, this grant means that we can start building a beautiful outside space with Mark Ford from Two Circle Designs www.twocircledesigns.co.uk 

This will make a big difference to our students and the community.” 

National Lottery players raise over £30 million a week for good causes across the UK. The National Lottery Community Fund distributes a share of this to projects to support people and communities to prosper and thrive. 

During the pandemic, in 2020 alone, The National Lottery Community Fund distributed almost £1 billion to charities and community organisations across the UK. 

To find out more visit www.TNLCommunityFund.org.uk   

It’s always wonderful when you hear success stories from our students. Jordan’s family have been in touch to thank Havant Academy and share his news. 

Jordan left Havant Academy and completed two years at HSDC Havant and South Downs studying a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma, Performance and Excellence Football Academy achieving a D*DD.

He then went to Solent University to study Football Studies and Business and came out with a 2:1. 

In true Jordan style, he threw a curve ball in the mix and completed a Masters in Law (LLM) at Portsmouth University where he achieved a merit

Mr Noble, Headteacher at Havant Academy said, “He's a great example of how working hard gets you where you want to be. Jordan embodies our school motto of, Work hard. Be kind. No excuses!

Jordan and his family would like to thank everyone at Havant Academy for their support.

We need your help....

The first is a competition by National Book Tokens have a competition going where we can nominate the school to win £1000 and a year's membership to the School Library Association for us to bolster our library catalogue. 

I think the more people that nominate us the better! 

Thank you

Miss Parsons

The link is here

Miss Parsons in the Library has a competition for you.

The best items will be displayed pride of place in the library.

We travelled to the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth to compete in the South East Hampshire Athletics Competition. 

This is an incredibly tough event with lots of schools in attendance including private schools. The students that competed were a credit to the academy and gave every event their all. 

Performance of the day - Molly Sapcote 2nd in Javelin 

Also a massive thank you to Jackie Harris for joining us last minute and being a great help throughout the day! 

WOW!

Havant Academy Year 7 and 8 have just passed 35,000,000 words this year on Accelerated Reader quizzes.

This beats our previous record of 18,200,000 words read in 2018-2019

Congratulations to young boxer Ray Taylor from Leigh Park ABC Club who is also a student at Havant Academy.

Ray and two others from the Leigh Park Club competed in the semi-finals of the English Schools Championships in Banbury, Oxfordshire.

Ray is boxing in the under-50kg weight and regularly trains at the club about three times a week.

He lost this time to Freddie Carman - Boston (EM) but will be back!

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/other-sport/massive-coup-for-leigh-park-abc-as-three-boxers-are-set-to-compete-in-the-semi-finals-of-the-english-schools-championships-3688828

Havant Academy we were lucky enough to have the BAE Roadshow present to Y7 and Y8. 

They provided an interactive 'live' show about electromagnets and some of the work that BAE does (including engineering jets, tanks and aeroplane carriers). 

We got to see some ‘magic’ tricks explained, some gadgets and video explanations and a giant electromagnet big enough to hoist an adult. 

Students and staff all had a brilliant time, especially Miss O’Brien who was hoisted by the giant electromagnet!

Recently our amazing Librarian Ms Parsons entered the school into a competition.  She was delighted to open up an email and see that our school has won $250 as our displays were selected as 'Runner-Up - Best Visual/Virtual Displays'.

This is what was sent off to Sora....

We launched Sora in our school by giving each student in years 7 and 8 a personalised bookmark with their Sora log in. This helped the pupils to access Sora at home. 

I created some displays centered around Sora and books that are available. 

All other pupils have log ins for Sora too, and their tutors keep records of their log ins so they can access it at any time.

In our library, I try to keep displays exciting and new. The Sora displays in our library are attached. The 'Bookflix' display, with an obvious nod to Netflix, features lots of Sora books that are now films or tv series on Netflix and other viewing platforms. 

Having Sora has meant that our library catalogue is now so much bigger and the pupils are very happy at the choice of reading material that is now available to them.

The other display, on the library’s front desk, shows eBooks and audiobooks that are available on Sora that also have Accelerated Reader quizzes as we use both in our school to promote a reading culture. When pupils have read a book, they complete a quiz on Accelerated Reader that ensures comprehension skills are improved with each book read.

Each library lesson that the year 7 and 8s have involve students listening to audiobooks and reading books on Sora, as well as reading real life books in silence. 

They especially love the chance to spend an hour listening to their favourite audiobooks with headphones!

We even feature in the Portsmouth News this week

On Friday the 25th March, the year 9 students were given the opportunity to use medical equipment usually reserved for Doctors, Nurses and other medical practitioners.

This was a careers session run by Medical Mavericks, a team of doctors and trainee doctors. The aim was to highlight the variety of roles available in the NHS and what different types of equipment is used for.

Students were able to try their hand at keyhole surgery, taking blood from a fake arm as well as a whole range of other medical equipment.

Staff also had the opportunity to join in.

Make sure you bring a £1 to help raise funds for UNICEF.  Lots of fun activities, wear blue and yellow and get the opportunity to sponge Mr Noble!

Register your free* seat for this exclusive Online Safety Session for
Parents and Carer within The Kemnal Academies Trust.

Thursday 31st March, 6PM – 7:30PM 

Alongside the two minute silence, several of our students submitted some beautiful artwork. You can view these in the video.

One of our lovely Year 7 students, Mackenzie, submitted some beautiful words that we would like to share with you all too:

• Remember the fallen

• Every life loved

• May their spirits live on

• Each year we stand united for two minutes silence

• Memories and history shared with our younger generations

• Brothers in arms

• Rest in peace soldiers

• All wearing our poppies with pride

• Nationwide respect

• Ceremonial silence

Everyone in silence for our heroes that fought hard