Fr iday 13th December 2019

Westfield News

Pupils in Key Stage 4 went to Poland as part of their History Studies. They visited Ausch-witz and learnt about how the Jews suffered at the hands of the Nazis in the Second World War.

Pupils also visited other points of interest in the local area and were able to dine with local cuisine.

Pupils werewell behaved and a credit to the school.

Pupils from Years 8 and 9 went to stay in a French Chateau in Normandy and visited the Nausicaa Sea life centre, a sweet Factory and participated in a

BBC Apprentice style activity at the supermar-ket.

Pupils were able to by Christmas gifts at the Am-iens Christmas Market as well as take part in a photo competition for the best Cathedral pic-ture.

Pupils enjoyed learning how to make sweets in the sweet factory.

An excellent time had by all.

Joyeux Noel!

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Westfield Academy will be holding a Christmas jumper and non-school uniform day on 20th

December 2019. Please bring in £1 to school on the 20th of December and wear a Christmas

Jumper and non-school uniform.

The money raised will be donated to

Oxfam, who are a charity that focus-

es on alleviating poverty all around

the world, whose work we think is

important, particularly at this time of

the year.

Please ensure that your child is

wearing attire appropriate for the

weather at this time of year and that

they are not wearing revealing items

of clothing such as belly tops, shorts

or short skirts.

Music Clubs continue after the holi-

days. We welcome new members

every week so come along and join

in our musical adventure.

See posters for more information.

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Dear all,

Quite an amazing and eventful term. It started with a fabulous new intake of 230 new Year 7

students. They have been amazing and have flourished under the support of Mr Lock and Mr

Andrew which has been brilliant. It also started with fabulous exam results from the summer.

Ms Riaz and I tend to be pessimists when it comes to the results - we always worry for the stu-

dents, so we struggled to believe how good they were this summer. As the term has gone on

there has been too much for me to go through, but what I have been impressed with is how

much has taken place:

A really engaging and informative author visit with Taran Matharu, organised by the librarian

A fabulous but educational Poland trip to Auschwitz organised by the History department

The introduction of the “westfield mile” at KS3, a healthy, chatty stroll with the form tutor once

a week.

A Macbeth theatre trip with English

Two wonderful languages trips, one to the French Institute and one Residential trip to France.

I was surprised “made up” proud of our success in Gaelic Football.

Year 11 Maths and Languages revision on Saturday mornings

Year 13 Strong Foundations Sociology Trip to Westfield London

Production of the Christmas Carol for Year 7’S

There is more but as a flavour of what has taken place in the last 12 weeks it’s fabulous. I

couldn’t be more proud of the staff and students.

Finally, to end with an OFSTED inspection was just what we all needed. We knew we were due

and to have it before the holiday was brilliant. It was a great two days, feedback about staff

and students was so gratifying to hear and the feedback from parents was lovely. To have visi-

tors can be nerve wracking, but when they are reminding you of all the great work everyone is

doing it’s lovely. The final report will

probably come out in Mid-January

but it was a very positive experience

for us all.

I wish you and your families a fabulous Christmas and all the best for the New Year.

Tim Body

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Sports Hall

All Years Badminton

(ILE)

Yr 11 + 12 Boys

Basketball

(SKR)

Sixth Form Bad-

minton

(CHO)

Dance Studio

Street Dance

(CG)

Girls Gymnastics

All Years (ILE)

Astro/Field

Year 8 Boys

Football

(WPA/KA)

Yr 10 Boys

Football

(DME)

Yr 11 Boys

Football (CC)

Yr 9

Boys Football

(GCO)

Yr 7 + 8 Rugby

(BPA, JKE, PC, CC)

Yr 7 Boys Football

(BPA, RMC)

Yr 7/8 Girls Foot-

ball

(ILE)

Fitness suite All Years

Boys Fitness

(BPA)

All Years Girls Fit-

ness

(CMA, BKE)

Courts Yr 7, 8, 9

Netball

(ILE/CMA)