aut viam inveniam aut faciam - I will either find a way or make one.
Our enterprising and caring spirit grows as we continue along our journey of success. The doubling of size has been a real challenge but has provided the most rewarding op-portunities for staff and students. Sharing your Academy as the current year 8 and 13 have had to do is always difficult but we have come together as one community and shown great integrity and kinship. We have built our new relationships on the back of our shared passions for development and innovation where opportunities are being devoured remorselessly by the abundant ambition from both our staff and students.
We ended the year with a celebration assembly for each year group. These were an op-portunity to share the outstanding achievements of all our students and to recognise the efforts and advancements made across each subject. We all arrive at this well-deserved pit stop and rest this Christmas holiday season. The incredible dedication of the HA staff is shown in the wonderful work completed by our students and rewards shared through vivos and praise cards.
HA students have continued to excel in sport. Our teams have enjoyed a huge amount of success throughout this term. A special mention goes to the girls Football team and the boys Rugby teams as trophy winners. We look forward to a continued season of success in the spring term.
Sports Makers in sixth form made up part of our first Drop Down Day (DDD). The im-portance of health and fitness in our modern age is highlighted by the can-do attitude of students through sport. The overall focus of the DDD was community and safety and we followed an alternative curriculum with the help of the police, Barnardos and Road traffic awareness and many other organisations. This cross year event day really showed our HA community at its best with many important lessons learnt.
The Winter Fayre grew in size again with marvellous shows and dramatic entertainment coupled with displays of students‟ wares and artistic presentations. Such talent and flair expressed through shared endeavour. It feels that we have been together as a 500 strong community longer than the 4 months since September.
Our first foreign trip to Lille was a tremendous success. The Christmas markets showed another culture in its finest and were appreciated fully by our eager linguists. More trips to the continent are planned for next year. Watch this space!
The year 7s went en-masse to the pantomime Cinderella at The Lyric. They enjoyed the splendour of the occasion and all came back smiling and regaling tall tales and corny jokes. (Oh no they didn‟t!) Oh yes they did!
We continue with our inspirational speaker programme where professionals from all types of industries and backgrounds speak to our sixth formers and present lessons in life and being a success from many different perspectives. This has included media and film, forensic accounting, business and entrepreneurship inspiring students and advising them on how to break into different industries and start successful careers. If you would like to volunteer your services in giving a professional talk or to mentor a sixth former, please contact us at the Academy.
The staff were put through their paces this term when I invited some inspectors to come in and review our progress. I am satisfied of our good progress towards achieving our strategic goals. As a new build Academy, we will have a formal Ofsted inspection some-time in the spring term. We will keep you posted.
Despite the well-deserved rest, sixth form have many modular exams after the festive break, so revise, revise, revise!
Can I thank all parents, sponsors and community members for your continued support of the Academy and look forward to a new year of further growth, development and success. Have a restful festive break and I wish you all a prosperous New Year.
Gary Kynaston, Headteacher
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