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Remembrance Day Parade

Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey laid sixwreaths at the Remembrance parade inSheerness on Sunday 9 th November.

Our Executive Principal Mr Millar was joined by a multitude of students from the Academy in a variety of uniforms thatvaried from our own to the navy and airforce cadets and St. Johns ambulance.Charlotte King, Chloe Kew, MaverickShufflebotham, Derrick Du'Chesne andKatie Willis joined Mr Millar in layingwreaths that represented the six FamilyGroups of Oasis Academy Isle ofSheppey. Two minutes silence was heldon Tuesday 11 th as the Academy joinedthe nation and commonwealth in marking

Armistice day. Poppies have been soldthroughout the Remembrance period andthe generous donations our staff andstudents will be received by the RoyalBritish Legion.

SHEPPEY STUDENTS IN MENINGATE REMEMBRANCE PARADE

Four Sixth Form students joined schools from acrossSwale in a Remembrance Parade at the Menin Gate.

Megan Andrews, Alicia Morris, Joseph Walker and ShaunLock all had an early start as they left their homes at 4amto travel to Ypres.

Shaun Lock had a very special task as Sea Cadet of theYear, he was escort to the Mayor of Swale. A great

honour for Shaun andhe did the job in greatstyle.

The students marchedpassed the MeninGate with thousandsof others and took partin the service ofRemembrance. As itwas the 100 yearanniversary since theoutbreak of WW1, thecrowds were massive.

In the afternoon theparty visited Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial, White

House Cemetery and St Jan Crossroads and LijssenthoekCemetery.

Despite the long day our students yet again were a creditto our Academy and the Island Community.

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I would like to update you on progress with our building changes since we opened in September. You willrecall that whilst walls had been built over the summer, some classrooms were still awaiting glazing anddoors. I am delighted to report that this work has now been completed and in addition we have installednew security systems which have significantly improved the safety of students and staff and theirbelongings within the Academy.

Automatic door locks on all external entrance and exit doors have been installed as well as internal doorswithin the Academy. Doors are programmed to lock/unlock in line with the Academy day but they can, ofcourse, also be released at any time by staff identification cards. In the event of a fire alarm, all doors

automatically unlock so that students and staff can exit the building quickly and safely.

I know that a few parents have expressed concern about the fact that toilet doors are locked during lessontime. I would like to clarify that there is no restriction to students being able to access toilet facilitiesbefore and after school as well as during morning and lunchtime breaks. It is our expectation thatstudents use the facilities at that time and there is both ample time and plenty of toilets for students to doso. As a general rule, students will not be allowed out of lessons to go to the toilet (unless it is anemergency). If a student has a medical condition that requires him/her more frequent access, then ofcourse they are able to do so and arrangements will be made to issue them with their own toilet passcard.

Our programme of improvements to both the building and security means that teachers are able toconcentrate on delivering high quality lessons and students are able to focus on their learning withoutbeing distracted.

As we continue on our journey to become outstanding, there will be further improvements and changes tooperational systems within the Academy, and we look forward to your continued support as we improvethe educational outcomes for all of our students.

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Two hundred and seventy -two students had a great time last Friday afternoon enjoying a pizza and a moviefor our first Rewards Event of the academic year.

To qualify for the event students had to achieve 95% or better attendance, 20 or more achievement pointsand no more than 4 behaviour points over the first half term.

The table shows the breakdown by Family well done Harty, who with 65 students qualifying, just pipped Abbey Family into top spot.

Plans are already being made for our next Rewards event which involve a trip out. The criteria for eligibilitywill be published soon but you can be sure attendance will be a key priority.

REWARDS EVENT

East Campus

Abbey Harty Shurland

Totals

64

65

57

West Campus Brabazon Sheerness

Totals 42 43

Computer Science Network interview This week both Year 9 and 10 computer science classes wereprovided with a great opportunity to visit the Server room on theEast site and interview Michael Lenton, one of the Oasis networkexperts. This was arranged to support their learning aboutnetworks as part of the computer science syllabus, and it wasextremely pleasing to see how the students engaged soenthusiastically. With only fifteen minutes to think up searchingquestions, they used the learning from their previous lessons to

interrogate Michael in order to understand how the networkoperates at the Academy and why certain choices were made.They found out more than they expected and left really impressedwith the set up and investment that has been made to provide uswith the best possible network. Given some of the questioning by year 10 students, Michael mayeven have reason to be concerned about future competition for hisrole as several students showed a keen interest in the career path/prospects for a network technician! Michael himself was a studentat the Academy and was taken on as an IT apprentice, when he

was due to leave school in year 13, following his A Levels. All in all it was a thoroughly worthwhile and enjoyable experience, andall thanks to Michael for his time and willingness to expose himself tosome searching questions that would challenge even the most experienced of teachers. Also well doneto the students who engaged so positively and learned so much in a short time.

Michael Lenton, OasisIsle of Sheppey NetworkTechnician, showing o

part of the network

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Who knew chicken and business would

go together?

On Tuesday the 11 th of November, Year 11 BTECbusiness students visited KFC Queenborough. Thepurpose of the trip was to observe and evaluatecustomer service provided by KFC. Each Studentobserved the way in which KFC delivered customerservice and were able to effectively assess theircustomer service levels. The piece of workstudents completed on the day is valuableevidence which, is required to complete Unit 4customer service. I would like to thank thestudents for their impeccable behaviour and formaking the day enjoyable and worthwhile. It is fairto say no one left KFC hungry!

Miss Kelly, BITE

Christmas Fair 2014

Poster Competition Winner Year 13 business class are organising this years ChristmasFair as part of their Level 3 BTEC Business course. One taskthey had to do was organise a poster competition for thewhole school and the winning poster will be publishedprofessionally and put up around the Academy and localshops around the Island.

All entries had to meet specific criteria. Once the class hadgathered all of the entries they began to pick their favouriteposters, then they judged their top five and finally they decided

their top three. 3 rd place went to Amy Dunn (yr 8), 2 nd placewent to Hannah Luckett (Yr7) And the winner was Emily -RoseCogger (Yr 10).

Rugby WinnersYear 7 & 8 boys rugby team took part in alocal tournament held at Sittingbourne RFCon Wednesday. The team were a mixtureof years and abilities with three studentsearning their first start for the school. Theboys played really well and ended upfinishing joint winners with SCC. A specialmention should be given to OllieWilliamson, Connor Jones, William McColland Josh Higgins for outstanding individualperformances.

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Careers Information for Year 11

www.kentchoices4u.com

This is the website for students to apply to the schoolor college they want to go to after Year 11. It hasinformation on all the courses available at Kentschools and colleges. The launch date forKentchoices4u is 3 rd November. Letters will be postedhome with students usernames and passwords (a copyof these will also be kept in school). If you requirefurther information or assistance, pleaseemail

Chere.Kempt@oasisisleofsheppey.org

Year 11 will be receiving personal/impartialCareers Advice from CXK in January 2015 tohelp them make their Post 16 choices.

ost Property

We have a quantity of unclaimedlost property. If your child has lostanything, please ask them to call atreception where they will be able

to look through and check if thelost item is there.

Design Technology Open Workshop

Every Tuesday on East Site (AG6)

3-4pm

All year 11 GCSE students welcome

http://www.kentchoices4u.com/http://www.kentchoices4u.com/mailto:Chere.Kempt@oasisisleofsheppey.orgmailto:Chere.Kempt@oasisisleofsheppey.orghttps://www.facebook.com/OAIOSmailto:Chere.Kempt@oasisisleofsheppey.orghttp://www.kentchoices4u.com/

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DATE EVENT VENUE Thursday 4th December 6pm7:30pm

Sixth Form Open Evening East Campus

Thursday 11th December A Level and GCSE Certificate AwardsEvening

West Site, Auditorium

Wednesday 17th December Carol Concert tbc

Friday 19th December Last day of Autumn Term

Monday 5 January 2015 INSET Day Academy closed to students

Tuesday 6th January 2015 First day of Spring Term 1 for students

Boot Fair

On Saturday 4th October we held

our first boot fair on the East

campus

The boot fair will continue

throughout the year with an 8am

start

Parking is FREE

Bouncy castle for children

Refreshments

Children's par es

Have your child's party at

Oasis Academy!

We can host various

themed par es, including, infatables,

cinema, sports and Go Karts

OUR FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FORCOMMUNITY USE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Contact Eddy McEntire, Lettings Manager: lettings@oasisisleofsheppey.org