Shirebrook Academy

Welcome to Year 11
After excellent results in the summer, the Year group is looking forward to a very exciting year. We hope to collectively achieve highly and put the building blocks in place so that every student can have a successful future. With so many choices we aim to guide students to carry on with their studies at college or sixth form (which they can do with us), find work or find apprenticeships whatever choice suits them individually.

Meet the Team
Head of Year Mr Stafford
11AG Mr Gilbert
11BG Mrs Grundy
11CB Mrs Booth, Mr Edwards and Mrs Wakefield
11CT Miss Thorpe
11LW Mrs Ward and Miss Jessup
11MF Mr Franks

Examinations
45% of the year group have already achieved 5 A* – C with English and Mathematics and 61% just 5 A* to C. We aim to break all records again this year.

Mathematics resits – November and January
English resits – January

Interventions
To help motivate and maintain high standards, all students in Year 11 have their own assertive mentor. We have also created several groups to give our students a helping hand:

Boys ‘CAGE’ group
Girls group
Life Skills group
Raising aspirations for girls group
High achievers group
National Challenge group

We have also sent many of our students to various colleges and universities, such as:

University of Sheffield
University of Derby
University of Cambridge
Sheffield Hallam University

 
Ambassadors

In promoting the academy’s positive outlook and core values, fifteen Year 10 (new Year 11) students were appointed as Ambassadors. Their tasks include meeting and greeting panels on open days and parent’s evenings, speaking at events and going on school visits. They represent the excellence of Year 11 and the Academy.

Principal Ambassadors
Jack Johnson and Chloe Shepherd

Vice Principal Ambassadors
Adam Parsons, Abigail Tennant, Josh O’Callaghan and Lauren Wilkes

Mentors
Corey Rodgers, Jessica O’Donnell, Stacey Smith, Georgia Southwell, Amanda Easter and Bethanie Elliott

Year 11 Prom/Year Books/Leaver’s Top
The prom will take place at the B2Net stadium on Friday, 29 June 2012. It would be great to see all students there. More details to follow

You can achieve

Students in 10CB took the lead this week and delivered an assembly to all of Year 10 with a theme of `Aiming high’. The assembly involved students attempting several Guinness World records, fun was had by all while attempting records such as catching grapes in the mouth, tricep dips and popping party poppers
Students reinforced that the message that anything is achievable if you put your mind to it and we should all strive to achieve our goals.