Springfields News

Summer 2015

Caring and Learning

Together

The Springfields Academy aspires to

build successful, happy and independ-

ent lives for young people with Special

Educational Needs.

We are an Academy for social and

emotional difficulties and ASD who

have the potential to access a

primary/secondary curriculum.

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What an incredible year! It has been so positive to see the academy begin to move forward after the

turbulence of the last two years. It is now time to concentrate on the future and look ahead.

The pupils’ achievements this year have been remarkable across so many different aspects of learning.

Our mission is to address the social and emotional needs of our pupils, particularly perceptions of low

self-esteem. This mission has been addressed in so many different ways. We have seen pupils make

massive improvements in their reading and comprehension skills. Their love of enquiry has been met

through Maths and Science. Their physical abilities have been addressed through an innovative

approach to sport and PE, that has seen everyone given the chance to take themselves forward. Pupils’

innate creativity and curiosity has been addressed through art; and entrepreneurial and business skills

are at the heart of our new enterprise culture. The care staff remain relentless in their work to develop

the capabilities of the pupils to become successful self-managers, and we have endeavoured through the

Parents’ forum and other means, to improve our provision of support and signposting to the families of

our pupils, whose support is critical to success.

We are now well settled in our new school building. It is hard to believe that it was only last September

that we moved in. There are still things to learn but it is definitely home now and the huts are long forgot-

ten! Springfields is beginning to buzz again.

Pupils have been riding bikes, horses, the London Eye, on roller skates, travelling to Bristol, London and

Wales. They’ve stayed in tents, flown kites, visited the Houses of Parliament, climbed waterfalls, navi-

gated the hills of Wiltshire, made films, learned how to improve their singing, driven Mercedes Benz, de-

signed and sold their own products. All that, as well as developing their skills, knowledge and

understanding across the 24 hour curriculum.

Much as a lot has changed, and will change again as we move forward, our moral purpose remains consistent. Springfields exists to provide opportunity for achievement, optimistic futures and a sense of aspiration. The process of teaching and learning, in school, in the residential houses, in the community –shapes futures like nothing else. Lives are positively transformed by what happens at Springfields because of the shared commitment to build relationships that encourage learning about the world, ourselves, our peers, and how we learn best. All the staff at the academy share a moral commitment to making a difference in the lives and outcomes of pupils as a result of their experiences at their school. 2015-16 will give us new challenges. There will be more day pupils in the Academy. Our numbers will rise and we will need to be ever sharper in our organisation and communication. Our growth indicates how positively we are rightly acknowledged. I am confident that we will meet the challenges ahead and that next year I will again be writing to celebrate all that we have done for our pupils and explain all that we will do next. It is only right that I take opportunity to thank every member of staff at the academy, and every governor for their support and contribution in taking Springfields forward. We are a strong team that will become progressively stronger. Finally, I wish you all a fantastic break. We will see eve- ryone again, ready to learn, on 2nd September. Kind Regards

Jon Hamp

Head Teacher.

Foreword

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I thought I would take the opportunity that the summer newsletter gives me to tell you a little bit about what the Parent Forum has been up to over the last year.

We have worked closely with the academy looking at ways of improving communication between the academy and parents, looked at the way the academy deals with behaviour and how Posi-tive Support Plans are used. We have looked at making the September transition into new year groups easier for pupils, discussed Post 16 education, transitions & opportunities at the acade-my and looked at ways the academies website can be improved to make it easier to use for eve-ryone.

The forum can help make a real difference to the pupils, the teachers, parents and carers alike, so please let us know if you have any suggestions or issues that you would like to talk to us about. Alternatively it would be lovely to get to meet you at one of our termly meetings where you can meet and chat to other parents and carers like yourself.

Best wishes, Kerry Wilson, Chair.

PUPIL PROGRESS EXPLAINED

At The Springfields Academy, we have 11 subjects in total included in our progress analysis. They are: English, Maths, Science, Computing, Art, PE, LOTC, Geography, Animal Care, and Dra-

ma.

What we do…

Three times a year, all teachers measure the academic progress students make in their own subject area. It is up to all of our teaching staff, as well as learning mentors and pupil support workers, working alongside the care team, to ensure all pupils make some progress academically, as well as socially and emotionally. Life Skills stu-

dents are assessed by their social and emotional progress as the main measure. We share this information with families on parents’ days and through the annual review paperwork and meeting.

Pupil Progress - Summer Term 2015

% of pupils on track to meet OR exceed their end of

year target = 78% How ASSESSMENT is changing at KS2 and 3

From September, teachers will NOT use National Curriculum levels to mark your child’s work. Lev-els will NOT be reported home to families. A level or a number does NOT tell a child HOW to im-

prove.

Instead, teachers will use a revised assessment framework for each subject area to give forma-tive feedback to each child to help them to improve their work. Feedback is the number 1 way of

increasing performance!

What stays the same?

We will still let our children know if they are making progress. We will continue to let our children know how to make progress and improve their work. Our high aspirations stay the same.

Our pupils make OUTSTANDING progress!

What a great year for literacy it has been! Some of Year 7 have been

studying Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’; they even put

on a performance for Care staff! Members of 7A, who are working

towards their Bronze Arts Award have become teachers themselves,

teaching drama games and skills to Primary.

Year 8 have been the stars of our first Oscars awards ceremony,

having written, directed and produced a fantastic film as part of a

joint project between English and ICT.

Year 9 have been studying a range of short stories, such as

‘The Monkey’s Paw’ and Roald Dahl’s ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’.

Elsewhere we had 20 pupils sit their GCSE exams this summer. These

pupils all worked exceptionally hard and we look forward to

celebrating their success on results day in August.

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Nicola Brooks

War Horse Personal Reflection by Lucas (Year 7)

I went to see ‘War Horse’ on Wednesday 21st January. When I arrived

at the theatre I thought it was massive and amazing. As the play

started a man came on singing. There was singing in the play

throughout. I really like the character of Joey because he is the main

actor and you got to like him. They made the horse seem real by hav-

ing two people underneath and one person controlling his head. My

favourite part was where Captain Stewart and Billy are running to-

wards the gap and they both put up their swords and yell: “CHARGE”.

Reading has really been a focus this year, particularly with the introduction of

our book bags and our weekly title of ‘Reading Warrior’. Pupils who use their

book bag throughout the week earn raffle tickets for our prize draw which

takes place during Friday’s celebration assembly. Reading Warriors so far

have been: Shirley, William and Harrison from Primary, and Jack from Year 7.

Terrific Trelawny!

On Thursday 12th February we were lucky enough to be visited by top

children’s writer Jack Trelawny. Jack gave a fantastic presentation, outlining

how he gets the ideas for his books and how to develop these. Everyone

picked up fabulous hints and tips. Michael in Year 9, who had been busy

writing his own story, even got the chance to share this with Jack and get

feedback on it. Jack gave out lots of his books as prizes, which was really

generous of him. After his presentation Jack met pupils individually and

signed books.

Jack Trelawny and our Reading Warrior motif

Have a fantastic Sum-

mer and keep read-

ing!

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Julie Wishart

Students started the year

with team building activities such as building

structures using only spaghetti and

marshmallows.

They then got their hands on science equipment and

learnt about acids and alkalis and chemical

reactions.

They’ve also had fun

experimenting with forces and learning about space.

Students have learnt about microbes and

diseases. They discovered that not all microbes are bad when

they brewed some cider!

They also visited

Explore @Bristol-a hands-on science

museum where they explored the sky at night amongst many

other things.

We’ve just started looking at light and

sound. Students understand why we see

different colours and how different pitch sounds are made.

Students in year 9

have worked incredibly hard since January and the majority of them have secured

their entry level Science qualification.

Students also visited

the museums in London looking at

exhibits in the Science Museum and Natural

History Museum.

Most students have now started their GCSE core science

course and are working incredibly well

on this. Well done year 9!

Some brave students went deep, deep cave

exploring looking at iron ore mining-it was

terrifying this time by all accounts! They have

also studied really hard for their upcoming GCSE

exams.

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“All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages” .

William Shakespeare

This term has seen the joint ICT and

English project result in a fantastic film,

‘Cindy, Ann and Bones’, which was shown

in a special ‘premiere’ assembly. The

actors from 8A were invited to walk

down the red carpet before receiving

their well deserved Oscars. The students

enjoyed the whole creative process; the

script writing, editing and the final

performance of their carefully crafted

scenes.

It has been a good year for Drama and

encouraging seeing the development

of students’ confidence and skills.

Students have embraced the idea of

working together and supporting

each other, producing some great

results!

Elsewhere, the Arts Awards students in year 7

were engaged in ‘Pass on a Skill’ this term.

Three students – Colin, Lucas and Conor

taught the Primary class some drama games.

The primary children enjoyed their session

and responded well to their ‘teachers’. In class,

students have been involved in varied

activities. We have been looking at links

between subjects and 7D have been

investigating symmetry through mime – a

great way to reinforce learning in maths! 7C

have been busy exploring science fiction

themes and 8A have been reading

A Midsummer Night’s Dream improvising and

creating monologues for the characters.

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LoTC Learning outside The Classroom 2015

Gerard Hurles

Term 5 and 6 has seen some exciting times in LOTC. We have seen some

fantastic camping trips, with students being faced with new challenges in

terms of climbing and gorge walking. For what is a tough week, all the students

have achieved to a high level.

We have been covering the British Canoe Union Paddle Power Award with year 7 and 8. This will give the students a qualification in personal competence in paddling a range

of craft, such as the canoe, kayak and sit on top boats.

The ethos of outdoor education is beginning to sink in across the school and it’s a joy to see the students settling into being used to the outdoors. The students arrive prepared and are able to cope with challenging situations and the dynamic changes in the out-doors. We have been exploring new sites in Wiltshire, including the Devil’s Den and the Sarcen Stones on the Marlborough Downs.

With climbing and camping, we have been preparing at a local climb-ing wall and the students have learnt personal skills and how to belay other members of the group and manage hazards.

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“Well once again Summer Holidays have suddenly arrived in what has been an extremely busy but pro-

active year.

Some of the highlights which the pupils have enjoyed are, trips out to the cinema watching epic 3d mov-

ie’s such as Jurassic World, Marvel Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy.

We have also enjoyed eating out at several restaurants but the most enjoyable has been the HongXin Chi-

nese Buffet where you can eat as much as you want; definitely a return visit is on the books!

Most of the pupils on Ridgeway House have enjoyed a week’s camping at Newtown in Wales, testing their

nerves with rock climbing, river walking and not forgetting the waterfall climb, a very rewarding and suc-

cessful trip was had by all who attended.

Let’s hope you all have a wonderful and exciting summer break and we all on Ridgeway look forward to

seeing your safe return in September.

“Happy Holidays”

Will McCallister

Ridgeway Lounge

From Will McCallister and all the Staff on Ridgeway.

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It has been a year of progression on Snowdon with our students overcoming challenges and facing social situations

head on. These have included learning to get home safely using public transport, accessing events within the com-

munity and developing on life skills that will help them succeed in the wider world.

There have been improvements to the unit including a new computing room, regeneration of the kitchen and an

update of bedrooms and showers within the unit. We have invested in more sensory equipment and activities for

our students to enjoy.

We have continued to host bbqs for other students and staff and have enjoyed events such as discos, shopping in

Swindon, trips to the park, meals within the community, hair and beauty programmes, trips to the lakes and the

farm and accessing bike riding, scooters and skateboards. There was also a very successful trip to Longleat with

some selected students. We also held a Snowdon’s got talent event.

We continue to implement student focussed incentive programmes using a holistic approach, and continue to work

closely with the life skills programme to enhance the experiences and skills of the young people on Snowdon.

We look forward to September where new ideas and programmes will take place!!!!

From Sean Brown and all the staff on Snowdon.

Sean Brown

Snowdon Lounge

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It has been a busy year for those on Ketu!

The majority of Ketu House enjoyed a sit down meal at the all you can eat Chinese in Swindon and a great time was had by all. Good to see the competition to see who could eat the most!

The good food was enjoyed by all and after the main course they enjoyed helping themselves to the desserts especially the chocolate foun-tain.

Every one enjoyed an ice-skating disco trip to the Links centre in Swindon, on the 17th March, it was great to see the less confident young

people give it a go and a big shout out to Oliver Barry and Emily Kemp for their determination, I think it was lots of help and encouragement from Miss King.

Another busy year with lots of new children, and we welcomed a new member of staff.

Ketu have continued to enjoy lots of activities and outings, which have included trips to Victoria Park in Bath, Lydiard Park in Swindon, several cinema trips, swimming, face painting, crumpets and marsh mellows around the fire pit, and a great trip to Savernake forest for a BBQ and

bike ride.

Miss King and Mrs Sheffield started a decorating programme and have already decorated one of the lounges and some of the bedrooms on Ketu. This has been done with the help from the young people, it will be an ongoing project.

Mr Rogers has been camping for 5 weeks this term and some of Ketu’s young people have enjoyed mentoring on some of the camps.

Mr Derby has started up a bike workshop and the young people have enjoyed getting involved with the repairing of the schools’ bikes and

generally having fun on the bikes.

We have said goodbye to our year 9s and 10s and getting ready to welcome our new members of Ketu in September . From John Rogers and all the staff on Ketu.

John Rogers

Ketu Lounge

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Since the start of the New Year, life with our 26 young people has been lively and stimulating on Olympus. Some have been

involved in a skiing trip to France, a rugby tournament in London and of course the usual trips to a differing number of social

settings.

We also welcomed this year a new member of staff to Olympus, and that is Daisy the Hamster. She seems to bring out the

good and nurturing side of our young people who love her dearly.

Congratulations to Tim Clark and Ethan Taylor for being voted in as Head boy and deputy. Our Year 11’s had a special trip organised

to Thorpe Park for the day, to celebrate the end of their time at Springfields. What a fantastic day everybody had, some conquering their

fear of heights and others discovering the true personalities of some of the staff.

We wish them lots of luck in their chosen paths and will miss them all.

Mike Pickard

Olympus Lounge

From Mike, Bev and Jan.

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Lisa Hunnego

A huge well done to all our Year 10s and 11s (and 5 staff members) who sat their GCSE exams early

in June. We were really impressed with the effort everyone put in. GCSE results day is on Thursday

20th August. We look forward to welcoming the students back into school to get their results.

We have a number of Year 10s and 11s who have passed their Functional Skills exams – Level 1 is

equivalent to half a GCSE at grade D, Level 2 is equivalent to half a GCSE at grade B. This means

that if a student has passed Level 1 in two subjects (for example, maths and ICT) they will have the

equivalent of a whole GCSE at D grade. Well done to the following students who have achieved a

Functional Skills qualification (at the time of writing - we are still waiting to hear on further results):

Tom B, Lewis, Henry, Mark, Taylor, Ethan, Caitlin, James, Matt & Ellie. There are also many students

who have achieved a pass in their Entry Level Functional Skills assessments – well done to them.

As a reward for working so hard on their exams it was a pleasure to take some of my Year 10s and

11s down to the allotment – there are still many maths activities that you can work on outside! Pe-

rimeter and area of squares of rectangles is just one example. They behaved and worked superbly –

fantastic effort boys!

Years 7, 8 and 9 have been learning about a variety of different things including: shapes, are-

as & decimals (7A), algebra (8A), geometry (9A), experimental probability with coins and

dice (9B) and reflections & rotations around a point (7B). 7D have been working on their in-

dividual programmes and are doing really well with their calculation and number work. We

have also been looking at different maths words and deciding whether or not they are red

(can’t be sounded out) or green (can be sounded out).

We all hope you have a brilliant summer holiday and look forward to seeing you back in school in September.

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ICT

ICT and English spent one and a half terms using the resources by “A tale Un-folds” website. These resources are de-signed to push forward students’ under-

standing of characterisation, script writing, reading and film editing includ-ing green screen. Year 8 embraced the character building and then got into character themselves and acted out

their script. Cindy, Anne and Bones was filmed using green screen, iMovie ed-

iting and we completed the project with our very own Springfields Oscars. Stu-dents put together a programme and

synopsis of their movie, whilst Mr Port-lock designed and created the Oscars from our newly

purchased Laser Cutter. For more information see:

http://blogs.springfields.wilts.sch.uk/springfieldsict/

http://blogs.springfields.wilts.sch.uk/geekteach/

Exam season has done well in ICT this year with

more students than ever being en-

tered for L2 qualifications. We look

forward to seeing the results.

Although last term was a short term we were

extremely busy. We finished off our Movie col-

laboration with the English department (year

8). We took ownership of a 3D printer along

with a laser cutter. Year 10/11 took their func-

tional skills exam and the year 11 option group

have worked hard to complete their iMedia

course work.

We’ve always liked the idea of

using the top trumps formula to get

students into statistics and creative

design, and this term our year 7 has

been asked to do just that. Using

the site: http://

cardcrea-

tor.personalisedplayingcards.com/

trumps/

Students enter all the details, imag-

es, stats, etc. from their research,

to create the card images, and a fi-

nal set to produce the playable

cards.

Business Enterprise is in full flow with student’s creativity being used to create inspirational items to sell on Sports Day.

Students have been using 2d design to create sellable items and making them

using our Laser cutter.

Ian portlock

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Enterprise

in-

Do you remember the Christmas fayre? Or were you there at the Easter fayre?

Thanks to your great support we now have the necessary funds and incentive to ‘go large’ with the Springfields Enterprise Initiative!

Thanks to a generous donation, Springfields have recently been able to purchase a laser

cutter, vinyl cutter and 3D printer to enhance the learning of our students and give them op-portunities to apply their Maths, ICT, Tech-

nology and Business skills.

Students have been tasked with coming up with design and ideas to sell back to the com-munity and in turn raise much needed funds for this year’s main fundraising target of an outdoor play area. When you are next in re-ception, please be sure to check out the new enterprise stand, showcasing the many items

that pupils have designed and produced as

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Dig deep, as most of the items are for sale.

Some example pricing include:

Keyrings - £1 to £2 Clock - £10 - £15 Wooden signs - £5 - £15, depends mostly on size.

Should you have a special request let the team know.

Let’s also not forget and thank the many other projects a have been ongoing, I’ve seen cake sales, friendship brace-lets, bike repair offers, car washing – and apologies to any other colleagues that I haven’t mentioned here… keep up the good work!

We are currently just over £3000 of our £10000 target. Special mention goes to the ladies darts team that recent-ly sent in a £150 donation!

PS Stand by for the opening of our eBay shop!

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With a target opening date of September the sensory room is well underway.

The funding raised from the Estelle Morris lecture has been collated and we’re pleased to say that round one of the sensory room build has been identify and work started on securing the necessary equipment and making good the room.

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Primary: Learning through play

To promote learning in the class the challenge is to engage and motivate children; most of this has been achieved

through structured play. Throughout the year the Primary team have endeavoured to plan and implement lessons that the children have enjoyed and wanted to participate in. It is

no surprise that all children like to play so learning tasks are created that enrich the curriculum, but are also

Inspirational and fun.

Discovery days

The children produced exciting work following discovery days based on dinosaurs, winter, a magician’s shop and pirates. The children were amazed to see jellied spiders,

googly eyes in glass jars and much more when they arrived in school one day. Their descriptive writing reflected the fun they had exploring the contents of the shop. Equally a CSI dinosaur egg event meant they all had to examine and

measure accurately. Lots of maths learning took place without the children realising because they were having too

much fun!

Young Explorers is a topic approach to learning geography, history, design and technology, and art skills. When

possible the children are provided with opportunities to gain first-hand experiences for themselves. They

particularly enjoyed learning about dinosaurs and early life especially as they had great trips to Avebury, Kennet

barrow, Stonehenge and the Natural History Museum. They finished the year on board The Matthew sailing around

Bristol harbour as part of their topic learning about pirates, privateers and buccaneers.

Young Explorers

To engage and challenge the children in Science lots of practical activities have been embedded into the planning. All of the pupils were able to engage with the learning and participate at their level. Practical activities enabled the

pupils to understand difficult concepts and provide context and meaning to their learning.

Sensational Science Activities

It has been a fantastic year in Primary watching the chil-dren develop and grow socially, emotionally and academi-cally. Next year will be as equally exciting with the remain-

ing Primary pupils and new starters, but we wish all the year 6 pupils continued success as they embark on a new

journey into the secondary phase of their education.

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The

Springfields

Academy

Kitchen

Colin Lugg

This is the challenge facing anybody providing meals for children

Fish provides oceans of goodness!

Proteins, which are made up of amino acids, are necessary for growth, maintenance

and the repair of your cells. Fish is a healthy source of protein and it’s naturally lower in

saturated (bad) fat than poultry or beef. White fish such as Hake and Sole are ideal choic-

es as they are all very low in fat, cholesterol and sodium (salt). Even the ‘fatty’ types of

fish are still moderate in fat and very low in saturated fat.

Fatty fish are filled with good fats. You need fat in your diet to provide essential fatty ac-

ids that your body can’t produce. Particularly Omega-3 fatty acids, they help to: reduce

the risk of heart disease, improve cholesterol levels, slow the build-up of fatty material in blood vessels, lower blood pressure and prevents

blood clots from forming.

A good source of the B-vitamins and fatty fish also provides vitamins A and D. Canned fish with edible bones, such as Pilchards, Mackerel,

Salmon or Sardines are also rich in calcium – good for building and maintaining healthy bones throughout life. It is such a good food source

you would think the getting the kids to eat fish would be easy, but, alas not so. It is a bit like Marmite!

Children usually start their culinary journey with fish in the shape of fingers, nuggets, bites or fishcakes, covered in batter or breadcrumbs

and quite often fried. So the way fish is presented has already been defined. So the “love it or hate it” decision has already been made, and

the “love its” are usually the smallest group.

To encourage more children to enjoy eating fish, we have started to use Wings of St Mawes, who supply Cornish fish on a daily basis. Wings

understand that our aim is to provide a variety of fresh seasonal fish and seafood in its simplest form with no coatings, additives, colourings

or flavourings. So how is it going so far?

We have served Coley, Cod, Squid, Octopus, Sardines, Plaice, Anchovy, Salmon, Hake, Cuttlefish, Haddock and Mackerel. Sometimes baked in

a hot oven, sometimes seared in a hot pan, so the flavour’s stay sealed within. We offer fresh fish on the menu twice a week, and offer tast-

ers to those that would like to try for the first time. I am glad to say each time, more children take up a taster, and the consumption of fish is

increasing.

We have had some surprises; Squid and Anchovies both a big hit, smoked fish not so much.

The initial bad reputation of fish at Springfields is shrinking, and the children are eating healthier.

We are moving in the right direction.

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TERRIFIC news for Teaching and Learning!

In March, a team of three head-teachers from schools in London, visited Springfields to look at our curriculum provision as part of a Challenge Partners review. Challenge Partners is a group of schools who work collaboratively to raise standards in education, with the aim of improving pupil outcomes.

Alongside observing lessons, the review team spent time talking to pupils and members of the leadership team to ensure that all students make progress, both academically and socially.

Here’s a few extracts from the report…

School Improvement Strategies

The Paralympic values - determination, inspiration, courage and equality are the values shared by the whole school community.

There are very rigorous monitoring systems both to track pupils’ achievements and to monitor the quality of teaching and learning in place.

The introduction of a bespoke practical life skills programme for a small group of Year 10/11 pupils has proved to be very successful in engaging and motivating them as they have been given the

opportunity to use and develop their skills in real life settings.

Pupil Achievement

Pupils’ progress relative to their starting points and previous barriers to learning is outstanding.

The Academy is not complacent and the introduction of a wider range of accredited course in order to meet the varied and diverse needs of the pupils has further increased the capacity for pupils to attain high level

qualifications.

Perhaps more importantly than the academic success of the pupils is the improvements in their confi-dence, self-esteem and attitudes towards learning which, given their previous barriers to learning, are very im-

pressive.

Quality of teaching

As a result of the safe and secure learning environment and the excellent positive relationships that ex-ist, the learners are motivated and encouraged to see themselves as successful learners and the majority have

made accelerated progress given their starting points.

There is a very calm, purposeful atmosphere that is evident across the school. Staff have very high expec-tations, both in regard to learning and behaviour, and pupils respond extremely positively.

The passionate commitment of teachers to their role means that they plan for pupils as individuals giving them a feeling of self-worth and increasing their confidence.

Quality of Area of Excellent Practice

A personalised curriculum is truly what every pupil at Springfields ex-periences as all staff work tirelessly, and successfully, to remove the

previous barriers to learning that the pupils have experienced.

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Staff Professional

Development

and Training

Why we have staff development days

Educational research has shown that the quality of teaching and care play a vital

role in raising student achievement, as well as keeping them safe. For staff to be as effective as possible, they should continually expand their knowledge and skills to

implement the best educational practices. Professional development introduces staff to new knowledge and skills so that they are better equipped to support young peo-

ple and help them achieve their potential.

The training staff have been involved in this year

Child Protection

E-safety

First Aid

Mental and sexual health

Team Teach and De-escalation

Read Write Inc. Phonics/ Reading

Maths Makes Sense – whole school numeracy

Diabetes

Health and safety

Behaviour Watch

Exam Invigilator Training

Evolve Off site activities

Comments from some of the training

Increased my ability to support students

with questions and answers relating to the subject – mental and sexual health

I am able to safeguard pupils with Diabetes on and off school site and if required, administer, monitor and advise on medication –

Diabetes Training.

Has given me the confidence to complete any first aid with confidence – First Aid.

Greater awareness of how our vulnerable pupils can misread / misunderstand what is being asked of them or communicated to them through social media – E-safety.

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Do you want your child to…

Learn?

Have fun?

Make new friends?

Experience new things in life?

Build confidence and self-esteem?

Yes???

IT’S COOL TO BE AT SCHOOL!

OUTSTANDING Attendance makes

THE difference!

But why does it? You may ask!

It makes a difference to…

A child’s academic progress

A child’s emotional progress

A child’s social progress

At The Springfields Academy, we have HIGH expectations for every child. We want all children to attend school EVERY day. It means that our children are safe, that they

are learning, and that they are amongst friends. We want all pupils to do their best and progress. We want to see your child grow and flourish in our caring and personalised

educational environment.

Although we want all of our students to attend school as much as possible, we do un-derstand that occasionally, a child may be unwell. However, when a pupil’s attendance

falls below 95%, it is a legal requirement to inform families of this. It is the aim of the academy to work with families to support excellence attendance.

Attendance this year…

The overall attendance for students this

year, including authorised absences, is

97.2%!

FANTASTIC NEWS!

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Joshua

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P u -p i l s Aiden B

Alfie D

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In early May the country was swept away with election fever and Springfields Academy was no different

with very high turnouts for both our Head and Deputy Head Pupil elections. I would like to take this

opportunity to thank the unsuccessful candidates that all did themselves and the academy proud; Joss,

Tyrone, Jack, Michael and Tom. Congratulations to Tim and Ethan, the newly elected Head and Deputy

respectively.

With a newly elected leadership team comes a new era for the council and a new team to represent the

students of the school, below is the newly formed council.

On Wednesday June 24th the council went on an educational and fun trip to London to visit the Houses of

Parliament. We were greeted by James Gray MP and we saw Big Ben, The House of Lords but were

unfortunately unable to see the House of Commons. Ethan and Matt were in their element enjoying the

amount of historical information our tour guide Cliff gave to us. As well as the Houses of Parliament we had

a beautiful view of the great city of London aboard the London Eye. A few of the guys were unsure of the

heights but everyone enjoyed it in their own way. We would like to thank Mrs Deacon for organising it and

the staff that accompanied us.

We are looking to organise a whole school barbeque and ‘Soak the Teacher’ before the end of term to

raise funds for both the council and the schools’ new outdoor classroom.

The council are always looking for new and enthusiastic members, if you are interested please come along

to a meeting, which are held every Tuesday at 3:15pm in the iHub.

Head Pupil

Tim

Deputy Head Pupil

Ethan

Snowdon Rep

Paul

Ridgeway Rep

Eddie

Ketu Rep

Tom

Everest Rep

Tyrone

Olympus Rep

Caitlin

Treasurer

Luke

Secretary

Michael

Logistics

George

Councillor

Casey

Councillor

Lewis

Councillor

Jack

Rob Stephens

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9C attend the farm every Friday morning and enjoy the new mucking out challenges the animals have left them over night! The group has shown great team work, resil-ience, cooperation and communication.

9C this term have been learning how to clean out the animals at the farm, as part of their APT award in working with animals.

Thank you 9C from Miss Baulu and all the animals at Greenfields Farm for all your hard work and de-

termination this term.

A group of students from Ab-beyfield, John Bentley, Devizes and Royal Wotton Bassett have all successfully completed their year’s APT course in animal care. Well done and congratulations!

As part of the course, the group has learned about the tools and equipment they will need to clean out each group of animals, signs that these maybe un-

safe to use and what to do if there was a fire.

Sadly, the decision has been made to close down Greenfields Farm this Ju-

ly. All the animals will be cared for and looked after by Mrs Jones.

Thank you to all the pupils at Spring-fields who came up to the farm and all showed great enthusiasm to be here. The animals will miss you all, especially our cheeky goat, Hector.

Morgan is challenging the

Berkshire pigs to a spot of

wallow football….

Do you think they accepted

his challenge?

It has been a very busy summer at The Springfields Academy this year. A record number of students have taken GCSE and Functional Skills exams. Coursework has been fin-ished for Entry Level. Modules have also been completed for BTECs and City & Guilds qualifications.

A variety of subjects have been studied including English Language, English Literature, Maths, Science, Additional Science, ( Biology, Chemistry & Physics) Geography, ICT, Art, Sport, Catering, Motor Vehicle, Construction, Hair and Beauty.

180 entries were made for GCSE exams for 34 students. A total of 16 different GCSE pa-pers were sat with 35 candidates for GCSE Maths alone including 5 members of staff. This was the largest exam that has ever taken place at Springfields and was held in the Gym. Pupils sat exams in every room available throughout the school with up to 20 mem-bers of staff invigilating.

Functional Skills tests in English, Maths and ICT are also an important part of our exams system here at Springfields. 46 entries were made for this and the results for 20 passes have already been received with further results expected in August.

28 entries have been submitted for Entry Level in English, Maths and Science. These are all expected to be passes, although this will not be confirmed until August.

8 students have completed the course for Creative Media. Many Year 11 pupils have completed the course of the BTEC subjects and their grades will also be confirmed in August.

We are now getting ready for Results day on Thursday 20th August! Students (and some staff) can collect their results from 10am.

Good luck!

Some results already in…

English Functional Skills Results

87% of Springfields pupils have now passed level 1 (13/15 pupils) = (1/2 GCSE at grade D)

40% of Springfields pupils have passed all of level 2 (6/15 pupils) = (1/2 GCSE at grade B)

Maths Functional Skills Results

12/15 Springfields pupils (80%) have passed level 1 (1/2 grade D at GCSE)

5/15 Springfields pupils (33%) have passed level 2 (1/2 grade B at GCSE)

Michelle Reysenn and Carolyn Harmer

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Changes to GCSE from Sept 2015

What are the main changes?

A new grading system will use numbers instead of letters, and coursework is going in most subjects.

The changes will be in stages, starting with pupils due to take GCSE exams in 2017. (Current Year 9)

English and maths will be the first subjects affected.

Pupils will begin studying the new courses in English language and maths from the autumn of 2015.

A bit more detail…

Exams will be graded from 1 to 9, with 9 being the highest.

All exams will be taken after two years of study, rather than in modules taken at various stages over two years, meaning a return to the format of O-levels, which pre-dated GCSEs.

And there will be more marks awarded for spelling, punctuation and grammar!

Coursework/controlled assessment has been removed from English Language and Litera-ture.

In English Language pupils will have to respond to previously unseen 19th century texts e.g. Dickens, Brontes.

The new maths exam will cover more topics and will be more challenging.

For maths, the present arrangement where pupils can be entered for either a higher- or lower-tier paper in maths, depending on their ability will remain.

But in English, that division has been scrapped and one exam will be taken by all.

The new GCSE grades explained

Grade 9: top A* performers; about half of the 6.8 per cent who got A*s this year are likely to get it

Grade 8: the rest of those who obtained A* but did not qualify for a 9

Grade 7: equivalent to an A grade pass

Grade 6: covering those from two thirds above current C grade to top of existing B grade

Grade 5: international benchmark, showing performance equals that of students getting top-grade passes in high performing countries in international league tables. Pitched at half or two thirds of a grade above the current C pass

Grade 4: equivalent to a C grade pass

Grade 3: equivalent to a D grade pass

Grade 2: equivalent to an E grade pass

Grade 1: equivalent to grade F and G passes

What this means for our pupils?

Not all of our pupils take GCSE exams. Some study entry levels, and functional skills, and many leave with vocational and life skill qualifications. It is not all about GCSEs! At The Springfield

Academy, it is about the overall development of a young person, socially, emotionally as well as academically. Although we all have high aspirations for all our young people, we know that

sometimes there are barriers that affect the development. Every child is an individual, so staff think carefully about what course each child should follow at every key stage. Our pupils are not just a number! They are human beings

we value and believe in!

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Art and Internationalism By Rachel Makepeace

Year 8 have been learning about Nepal and Nepalese culture. They have learnt how to make felt

and have used this to create their own prayer flags. We have communicated with Gladstone

Academy in Nepal (previous partner school visited by students on the Extreme Classroom expedi-

tion) and are relieved to know they are all safe and well following the devastating earthquake.

Staff and students have been raising money to send to the disaster fund.

Year 7 created their own Aztec

headdresses and Day of the Dead

masks. Over the past few terms

students have developed their

knowledge of artists such as

Kandinsky and Miro.

Students in year 9 have been using their mathematical

knowledge to draw using 2-point perspective.

All KS4 students have completed their BTEC

Art & Design courses. 6 students have been

entered for the BTEC Level 1 Award and 1

student has been entered for the BTEC Level

2 Award. We wish all our year 11 leavers the

best of luck in their future studies and em-

ployment.

Our Enterprise project this term is to create goods to sell on Sports Day to raise money for our outdoor play area. All students have been busy making crafts and

are looking forward to you seeing their work.

Mini Arts Day 13th July

Students who are particularly fond of art will be participating in a mini arts day. There will be an African drumming workshop and 2 different art workshops. Stu-dents will help create 2 different types of installation art to be displayed out-doors.

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Beckie Deacon

The

Springfields

Allotment

As part of our ENGAGE timetable

for activities a group of keen

student gardeners got together

and decided that the allotment

needed to be transformed to its

former glory.

A few years ago the allotment was

functional, growing lots of

produce; however, for many

rea-

All students and staff have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge that we

have faced this academic year.

Our plans for 2015-2016 include improving the quality of soil, maturing

our young plants and creating a crop rotation to ensure that our

allotment is providing produce throughout the whole year.

Our students are totally committed and are applying and practicing

skills that will one day be transferred to their own communities.

Now that the summer months

are here we are enjoying see-

ing some of our produce be-

ginning to flourish. There is

some much needed work to

be done improving the quality

of our soil, we plan to do this

with the return of the winter

months.

Many of our older allotment

students have a strong

agricultural interest and are

taking courses at local col-

leges. During our 2015 ca-

reers week Lackham campus

visited to give us a much

needed helping hand to re-

organize the space into a

working allotment.

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General Bethany maidment

New subjects and old

This term we have been able to take advantage of some of the nice weather by beginning our,

‘Gardening for pleasure’ module. The students have had the chance to choose and buy their own

plants as well digging and planting up a vegetable plot. The students have been learning how to

use garden tools safely whilst planning what they would want to see in an ideal garden. We have

continued our using public transport and household shopping modules, our older students now

carrying out these tasks without adults supervision.

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The summer term sees the introduction of some different subjects taught within life skills whilst

also giving us the chance to revisit some off site activities from earlier in the school year. The stu-

dents have also had the opportunity to take part in some fantastic activities including; beat the

street, bike riding and a residential camping trip. On top of these new activities we have had the

great news of a change of venue for life skills, with us set to move into our new ‘home’ in September.

Moving home

It is now confirmed that the life skills department will be moving out of the main school

building from September. We have secured a building on the school site that we believe we

can turn into the perfect environment for teaching life skills; it will include a living

room area, kitchen and dining area, garden, 3 classroom spaces and a chill out zone.

Work is currently being undertaken to get the building ready and new equipment will

be purchased as soon as possible. The students have been made aware of the change and

are looking forward to moving to a new environment.

Camping Trip

This year’s Life skills camping trip was a great success. The students enjoyed challenges

old and new including waterfall climbing, walking upstream in a river and rock climb-

ing. There was a massive amount of pride in the way the students handled themselves and

behaved towards each other. It was a great opportunity for staff to see how much the

students had improved socially as well assessing their problem solving skills in an unfa-

miliar environment. Once again a massive thank you must go to Mr Hurles and Mr Rogers

Personal Social Development Maria Williams

Literacy lessons/PSD

9C have created a Graffiti Wall, a fantastic opportunity for pupils to think about peo-

ple who they admire and identify the good qualities they have. Any qualities they can

identify are qualities they have themselves and to also say positive things about each

other, in doing this they have improved their writing skills. They have learnt how to

use a dictionary to find the meanings of the words.

The Feeling Tree 9C’’s Graffiti Wall

Pets are Therapy

Manuka the therapy dog has been coming into

school and the children have been writing stories,

creating acrostic poems and taking books out of

the library to read to her. They have found this very

therapeutic.

Outdoor Play

We have been doing outdoor PSD which is based on simulating play. The natural environ-

ment is central in supporting learning. We have been learning how to build our confi-

dence and self-esteem in the natural woodland to develop an understanding and

awareness in working as a team. We have used natural re-

sources, visual aids, group discussions and

team building games to help develop skills and

strategies. We have also been developing our

reading skills in the natural environment.

Arts and crafts

Students have learnt how to make felt and have created their own textiles designs. Students have also made

their own feelings tree out of clay and using different utensils to create their very own feelings tree.

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The Springfields Academy is committed to ensuring that our young people leave with the skills to live safe,

independent and happy lives. An integral part of this is ensuring that pupils have a functional level of

literacy and numeracy. Consequently, from September many pupils will find a new literacy/numeracy

initiative on their timetable: Count Read Succeed. This will form the first hour of their day Tuesday-Friday.

Pupils will follow a range of programmes including Ruth Miskin’s Read Write Inc. and Maths Makes Sense.

Literacy and numeracy every day for everyday

Our goal is to ensure that pupils practice their literacy and numeracy every day to prepare them for

everyday life, such as:

Working out percentages during the Christmas sales

Knowing whether a 3 for 2 is a good offer

Being able to cut a cake into quarters

Being able to read public transport information e.g. bus timetables correctly

Being able to fill out key forms e.g. passport application

How you can help

Latest research shows that the best readers at the age of 10 go on to earn 20% more than their peers, so

encourage your child to bring their book bag to school and carry it with them. Why not create a comfy

reading corner at home, or play audio books in the car? Why not visit a public library during the next school

holiday?

Maths games, like mental calculation, can be done at home e.g. count how many things there are in the

fridge, multiply that by 5 or 10, now divide that by 2. You could talk about the numbers used on road signs

or the different settings for the washing machine.

People with good literacy skills are more likely to have higher self-esteem, better health, better jobs

and higher wages than those with poor literacy skills.

The National Literacy Trust

Good numeracy is the best protection against unemployment, low wages and poor health. Andreas Schleicher, OECD.

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This year Able, Gifted and Talented has re-defined its purpose within the Academy.

Building on fantastic AG&T opportunities from years past, this year’s focus was to move

to an inclusive form of celebrating gifts and talents. In March 2015 we held a joint

aspirations and careers week to celebrate every pupil’s gifts and talents to help to

explore how they can be used for future employment. The 3 x day timetable saw

personalised activities being planned to stretch and aspire our learners to a world

beyond Springfields. Activities and workshops included, a street artist workshop, fire

cadet training, agricultural experiences, National History Museum visit, Police station

visits, Mercedes Benz driving experience, Bath rugby coaching course, Tesco store

experience, Pizza Express kitchen experience, circus workshops and many more!

In conjunction with this successful week individual subject areas have ran different

experiences to enhance and extend learning for all AG&T pupils who require a ‘stretch’

in the curriculum. Experiences have included an English trip to see the theatre

production War Horse, Parliament trip to London, Jack Trelawny author visit, singing

tuition, our annual camping trips, the Christmas Bizarre focusing on business enterprise

and many more across a variety of subjects.

Next year, our focus will of course be to continue the quality of these hands on

experiences but to also research and develop into how we can extend our learners in

each and every session during the school day. This will work in direct conjunction with

Teaching and Learning at the academy.

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P.E. Department

Newsletter

Pupils began term 5 with traditional and

Kwik-Cricket. Half way through the term

pupils moved on to Softball, looking at

ways to develop technique of striking,

throwing and catching and also tactical

awareness.

Pupils began term 6 with Mini indoor

Tennis progressing on to more traditional

Tennis. Pupils then moved on to Athletics

where they had the opportunity to prac-

tices a variety of events building up to

‘Sports Day’.

What’s new? Solo taxonomy- A new way of self and peer assessment outcomes) and also aids pupils ‘knowing where they are with Provides a simple, reliable and robust model for three levels – surface deep and conceptual. Pupils have enjoyed using solo and this will be fully embedded in to every physical education lesson from September.

Physical- Performing a range of skills with

some control and con-sistency.

Creative – linking actions and develop sequences of movements that express their own ideas, change

tactics, and rules.

Athletics

Personal skills- Knowing where they are with their

learning and are beginning to challenge themselves

Health + Fitness-Can ex-plain, how the body feels before, during and after

exercise. Also to use equipment appropriately and move and land safety

Sport & focus areas

Tennis

Catering News

By Howard Cale

Catering has been a passion of mine since I was a child. I attended Salisbury College to gain my

catering qualifications. On completion of the course I joined the Royal Air Force in the Catering

Squadron. I enjoyed 12 years in the RAF and was lucky to experience many overseas postings.

On leaving the RAF, I felt a desire to pass on my catering skills and knowledge to the younger

generation. I fortunately obtained a post at Springfields which has enabled me to fulfil this am-

bition.

I get a great deal of satisfaction encouraging and motivating the children to learn and develop

their catering skills and knowledge of the kitchen environment.

The behaviour in class is always very good. The pupils work together as a team to run the kitch-

en and prepare the food in a realistic working environment. I am delighted to say that yet again

catering in our school has proved a popular choice with pupils who are keen to learn this essen-

tial life skill.

My role is to ensure the pupils leave with a good all round understanding of catering in an enjoy-

able and safe environment.

This year’s successes are:

17 pupils achieved a catering Qualification

Percentage: 92%

Of those, 16 pupils achieved the Level 1 NVQ Certificate in Food Preparation and Cook-

ing.

14 of the 16 also pupils achieved the Level 2 Award in food safety in Catering

1 pupil achieved the Entry Level Certificate in Food Studies

It is also with sadness that my good friend and colleague Michael Collom is retiring this

year, he will be sadly missed by both staff and pupils. He has been an inspiration within

the Academy and a valuable member of staff, good luck Mike in your new endeavours.

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This has been a successful year in Hair and

Beauty with girls and boys completing their

Level one Diplomas and Level one Certificates. Well done

to all!

Diploma students need to complete the following units:

Introduction to the hair and beauty sector

Presenting a professional image

Plaiting and twisting

Nail art

Hand and skin care

Temporary colour

Shampooing and conditioning

Basic make-up

Salon reception duties

We have also with the

boy’s who studied our

BTEC Vocational Studies

course ,had a go at ap-

plying special effects

make-up which the

learners found really

Female footballer thrilled after netting coaching job in US

A football academy student from Chippenham is feeling victorious after scoring a dream coaching job in America.

Abbie Osborne, completes the Level 3 Football Academy this summer and is now ecstatic about spending two months with UK International Soccer coaching youngsters aged be-

tween six and 14-years-old. The keen footballer, who has been playing since she was nine-year-old and is currently a striker for Melksham Town Ladies, is already a qualified coach, completing a coaching

course as part of the Level 3 programme and was selected to take part in a young coaches academy with Wiltshire FA.

She is now relishing the opportunity to gain more experience as a coach.

The 18-year-old said: “This is an amazing opportunity for me and a chance to increase my knowledge about coaching football and pass on my knowledge to others whilst I am there.

“My family are very excited for me and slightly jealous that I am off to America!”

Abbie, who lives in Calne, is the first girl to study the BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport (Football Development Scheme) and said she has enjoyed every minute.

She said: “This course not only gave me the chance to play football at another level, but I also believed it would help me develop a career in sport.

“It has also given me the chance to train regularly and develop key skills which helped me start to coach.

“Studying at Wiltshire College also meant the opportunity to train at Stanley Park in Chip-penham, an outstanding facility which caters well for both male and females.

“It is the best grassroots facility in the country and we were lucky enough to train and play games regularly on the 3G pitch, which has been a great benefit to the football academy.

“I have also had some great coaching from Mick Byrne and Bryan Smith who both helped me with my technical ability and have been tremendously supportive.

“I think everyone on the academy would agree that they have also made it fun and I have not only gained confidence from being here, but also been lucky enough to have the sup-

port of Wiltshire Football Association and has enabled me to gain qualifications in areas of coaching such as fundamentals of movement and host-

ing support days.”

Sports lecturer Mick Byrne said: “This is fantastic news for Abbie, the Football programme, Level 3 sport

and the wider college. “The Football Academy has worked hard to nurture tal-ent both in playing and coaching and Abbie has come

through to show everyone her abilities in both. “This is a testament to our programme that not only a

nationally recognised coaching company, but local businesses, are employing our students.

“We are very confident that Abbie will be the first in a long line of students who secure sports related employ-

ment when they leave.

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Motor Vehicle Studies at Springfields

This academic year has been another very successful period for our pupils studying the

Motor Vehicle Maintenance Course.

Bradley Walters has achieved his Level 1 Award. Not bad for someone who only started

motor vehicle in November 2014.

Matthew Sherman has achieved an Entry Level Award. Well done to Matt.

Tim Clark, Tomas Barras, Will Davis and Stefan Brace are well on their way to achieving a

Level 1 Certificate. Once they have done this the intention is for them to continue onto the

Diploma. No Motor Vehicle pupil has ever achieved the Diploma at Springfields, so this will

be a first. Let us wish these four pioneers the very best for next year.

Here we have Tomas Barras removing a rear

silencer unit as part of the Exhaust unit

assessment.

Will Davis is about to remove a oxygen sen-

sor from the exhaust manifold. Again this is

part of the assessment for the exhaust unit.

Both are currently making good progress on

this very demanding level 2 unit.

Springfields has a Motor

Vehicle Workshops to be proud of.

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Bath Spa Visits Springfields!

This term Springfields has been visited by 10 trainee

teachers from Bath Spa University. It is vitally im-

portant that teachers entering the profession have an

understanding of SEN so that they can support their

future pupils.

The trainees came from a range of specialist backgrounds: Music, Maths and

Modern Foreign Languages. The trainees followed a packed timetable, includ-

ing: a visit to the lakes; supporting pupils in lessons; and lunch with Mr Hamp!

Our Music trainees even gave a special performance of ‘Happy’ in our Friday

assembly (picture to the right).

The feedback received from the trainees was extremely positive:

“I enjoyed seeing the impact and difference that is made on the pupils to pre-

pare them for adult life.”

“It has helped me understand the complexity behind every student’s needs and

how important it is to make sure they are equipped for their future with life

skills.”

“How approachable all the members of staff were and how welcoming they

were. Students were really nice and involved us in the activities.”

Springfields remains committed to working with the next generation of teach-

ers and we look forward to welcoming more trainees in the next academic year.

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Staff Training Days

1st September 2015 —27th November 2015 —30th November 2015 —4th January 2016—24th March 2016—11th April 2016

Key Dates

McMillan Coffee Morning: Friday 25th September

Christmas Carol Service : Thursday 17th December

Parents’ Day: Wednesday 20th Jan 1-3pm and Wednesday 6th July 1-3pm

Sports’ Day/Prize-giving: Thursday 23rd July

Changes to the school day from September 2015

8.40 Day pupils arrive/ met by tutors

8.40-9.10 Tutor time/ assembly (Tues and Fri only)

9.10-10.10 Lesson 1

10.10-11.10 Lesson 2

11.10-11.30 BREAK

11.30-12.30 Lesson 3

12.30-1.30 LUNCH

1.30-2.30 Lesson 4

2.30-3.30 Lesson 5

3.30-3.45 Day pupils taken to taxis/ Residential pupils onto houses

Term Term Starts Term Ends Holidays

Term 1 2015 Wednesday 02/09/2015 Wednesday 21/10/2015 Thursday 22/10/2015 to Friday 30/10/2015

Term 2 2015 Monday 02/11/2015 Thursday 17/12/2015 Friday 18/12/2015 to Monday 04/01/16

Term 3 2016 Tuesday 05/01/2016 Friday 12/02/2016 Monday 15/02/2016 to Friday 19/02/2016

Term 4 2016 Monday 22/02/2016 Wednesday 23/03/2016 Friday 25/03/2016 to Friday 08/04/2016

Term 5 2016 Tuesday 12/04/2016 Friday 27/05/2016 Monday 30/05/2016 to Friday 03/06/2016

Term 6 2016 Monday 06/06/2016 Thursday 23/07/2016 Monday 25/07/2016 to Wednesday 31/08/2016

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