Google Expedition Pioneers

6th February 2017Miss K Henshaw

Virtual Reality brings learning to life for the students and staff of Bosworth Academy by allowing them to explore the world from the comfort of the classroom.

 
The Academy has recently trialled the Google Expeditions Virtual Reality App, evaluating its benefits and how virtual reality can be used to enhance the learning experience. Using virtual reality headsets, students are immersed in a virtual learning world controlled by their teacher using a tablet. This makes it possible for students to visit and learn about a diverse and extensive range of topics such as; the Great Barrier Reef; Jerusalem; the human body from the inside, the literary world of Roald Rahl; and many more places without having to leave the classroom.

 
This opens up an innovative and exciting method of learning about the wider world that will enhance the rich experience for every student.

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Lights, Camera, Action!

15th December 2016Miss K Henshaw

This autumn term saw the vision that is Bosworth Theatre Company come alive.

As with the very best West End productions, the on stage talent can only perform with the backing of the ‘behind the scenes’ talent. That’s exactly how Bosworth Theatre Company operates. Students are taking on the roles of stage management and directions; set design, costume and make-up; lighting, audio and props; as well as business planning, marketing and front of house roles.

The company draws on the vast in school facilities of the Art and Design team, Textiles, Media, English and of course the Dance and Drama departments, all combining to produce first class dramatic sketches, dance performances, and a range of musical productions.

Preparing for the summer sun

8th December 2016Miss K Henshaw

As we approach long winter evenings many parents will be planning their family summer break to the sun. It’s no secret that holidays during children’s school term times can be much cheaper than in the main six-week school break, and this encourages many families to look into the idea of taking their child out of school during the academic year to facilitate a cheaper family holiday.

The school recognizes that time spent together as a family, exploring and experiencing different cultures, and just having fun are all so vitally important in developing fully rounded and confident members of society. However, missing school causes severe disruption to your child’s education, and study after study shows that it affects their performance in exams and chances later in life.

The legal position is clear regarding the parents’ duty to ensure their child receives an education. However I appeal to you to consider the longer term cost to your child’s education and resulting future life opportunities; and plan your holiday’s to allow them to thrive and achieve in school.

Students work shines out at two stunning Open evenings

8th December 2016Miss K Henshaw

OPEN EVENING IMG_8930Visitors from across the region attended the two recent Open Evenings making these events the busiest ever.

Both the KS3/KS4 evening and the Post 16 Sixth Form provided an opportunity for parents and young people to experience first hand why Bosworth Academy has become first choice school for so many young people.

With numerous displays of students work on display, the Academy Ambassadors provided both informed insight and guidance for visitors touring the school.

Louise Holdback, Head of Post 16 Sixth Form said, “These successful Open Evenings give our visitors and the local community the chance to meet the teachers, staff and importantly the students at Bosworth Academy, as well as experience the outstanding facilities across the sciences, art and design, as well as our brilliant sports and performing arts resources”.

Celebration of Success

8th December 2016Miss K Henshaw

Students and their guests enjoyed a glittering awards evening at the impressive Leicester City Football Stadium to recognise some remarkable successes. Nomination for Awards included individual success in examination results, as well as those students demonstrating a positive attitude to learning, and their achievements across subject areas.

From Vine to Vinegar

1st December 2016Miss K Henshaw

Vine to Vinegar IMG_0989There is no better way to understand how chemical processes work than to do it for real. The autumn harvest from the Academy’s greenhouse produced an abundance of grapes allowing students to get to grips with turning organic fruits into vinegar.

The Laureate students help to tend the vine throughout the year gaining insight into how photosynthesis works in organic matter, the capillary action within the vine, and science behind plant growth.

But that’s only part of the process. After harvesting the bumper crop and participating in the traditional style of grape treading, students took the resulting liquid into the chemistry lab to take the product on it’s transformational journey from grape juice to vinegar.

They were able to experience the chemical process in which ethyl alcohol undergoes partial oxidation that results in the formation of acetaldehyde. From this the acetaldehyde was converted into acetic acid – vinegar. Bringing to life the chemical reaction from Vine to Vinegar as we all now know:

CH3CH2OH > CH3CHO > CH3COOH

Sporting Award Winners from Bosworth Academy

25th November 2016Miss K Henshaw

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Three of our outstanding students have put the Academy values into action as they have recently been recognised and awarded at local sports award evenings.

Beth Kenney won ‘Volunteer of the Year Award’ at the Hinckley & Bosworth Local Sporting Alliance Sports Awards Evening. Beth has been heavily involved in supporting PE and school sport events, working with the PE department and School Games team, in order to get students more physically active. Beth has also volunteered as a leader on the National Citizenship Service programme and has been raising funds for and awareness of the homeless community.

Kelsey Andrews (pictured right) came runner up as ‘Young Volunteer of the Year Award’ at the Blaby Local Sporting Alliance Sports Awards Evening for her volunteering at Winstanley Wizards Table Tennis Club. This contributes her work with Table Tennis England to get more females playing table tennis and her volunteer role on the Blaby Youth Council.

Tamsin Betts (pictured left) at 13 years old is an up and coming Badminton player who already is a permanent member of the Leicestershire County Squad and competes in many tournaments with growing success. At the Blaby Local Sporting Alliance Sports Awards Evening, she achieved a Commendation Recognition.

Post 16 English Courses

4th October 2016Miss K Henshaw

This information will help Post 16 English course students and parents to understand what students need to do to succeed, what we will do to keep them on track and other useful information about AS and A Level English Literature, Language and the Combined courses.

Use the links below to download the files:

General
Post 16 English Courses Overview [pdf]
Keeping students on track [pdf]

AS/A Level English Literature (Edexcel)
How to succeed: Literature Course Help [pdf]

AS/A Level English Language (AQA)
How to succeed: Language Course Help [pdf]

AS/A Level English Language and Literature (AQA)
How to succeed: Language & Literature Course Help [pdf]

Glittering night of success & recognition

15th September 2016Miss K Henshaw

Achievers celebrate in style at the King Power Stadium

Over 50 Year 11 and year 13 students and their guests enjoyed a glittering evening of awards and recognition at the impressive King Power Stadium home of Leicester City football club last Thursday evening.

The criteria for the Achievers Awards was based on a combination of those students who had achieved excellence in their summer examinations, in many cases students will have scored the very highest grade for that subject, and the broader characteristics displayed of the ACHIEVERS ethos.

The ACHIEVERS ethos being students that have or are:
Aspiration, Courage, Healthy, Independent, Enthusiasm, Values, Expectations, Reflective and Social Skills.

The students nominated should be proud of their individual success, at the same time as recognizing their responsibility as role models for their peers and fellow students across the whole of the Academy.

Head of School Simon Brown said, “We know that our students at Bosworth Academy understand the importance of education and life-long learning. I am delighted that we can recognise and celebrate their great achievements. These students have embraced tough challenges, shown resilience under pressure and have valued the effort required to achieve this success.”

If you are interested in specific photography from the night, please download the contact sheet below where you can see all the photography, then email the photo name (located to the right of the picture) to [email protected] who will email these to you.

Awards Evening Photography Contact Sheet [pdf]

Open Evening: Wednesday 21st September

12th September 2016Miss K Henshaw

The students and staff of Bosworth Academy invite you to join them on Wednesday 21st September 5pm-8pm to experience how Bosworth Academy brings learning to life.

StudentsAll are welcome to an exciting and fun evening with an opportunity to meet with the tutors, staff and students from every faculty and department.

On display will be the beautiful work our students produce with outstanding examples of excellence from across the school.

As well as a host of vibrant and engaging interactive presentations and displays.

Our driving passion is a belief that ‘no student at Bosworth Academy will underachieve’. It is our responsibility to raise students’ aspirations and continually drive home the message that you can ‘be better than you thought you could be’.

We are committed to providing the communities we serve with the very best we can offer, be that our hugely successful Laureates KS3, the rich and varied curriculum at KS4, or the ever successful Oaks Sixth Form, and the exciting new Post 16 Tech X programme.

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inc English & Maths Maths English Science

Bosworth Academy students and staff are celebrating our best ever GCSE outcomes. Results for 2016 are the highest the academy has ever seen across the board. Maths, English, Sciences, Humanities, Computing and Arts subjects are all considerably up on last year’s already strong scores.

Overall 76% of students gained the coveted 5+ A*-C including English and Maths. This will be considerably higher than the national average. In Maths 83% of students scored A*-C (compared to 70% nationally this year). In the even harder Additional Maths qualification 60% of students scored an A* or A grade. In English an amazing 88% of students scor ed A*-C compared to 71.3% nationally. Similarly, outstanding scores were seen in the Science where 98.2% scored A*-C in separate sciences compared to national averages of around 90%. There were similarly phenomenal performances in Humanities, the Arts, Computing, Languages, Media and our outstanding vocational subjects.

Most importantly we are a highly inclusive school and take students from a range of different educational backgrounds. This has not been a barrier to success with our students scoring around 5 grades better per student than the national expectation.