On November 20th, we were delighted to welcome back the Class of 2013 to celebrate their time spent at Alec Hunter and their exam successes. The evening was hugely enjoyable with students, parents, staff, governors and sponsors joining together to applaud the outstanding achievements of our young people. 

GCSE exam certificates were distributed and subject-specific awards were presented to those students nominated by staff for achievement in, or notable contribution to, their subject areas. 

Due to popular demand, the Catering Staff would like to make Christmas at Alec Hunter a rather special event.  You can find the menu below and your co-operation is required to enable orders to be completed and a smooth operation planned.

Christmas Lunch will be on the following dates:

• Years 7 and 9 – Wednesday 18 December 2013
• Years 8, 10 and 11 Thursday 19 December 2013.

Wednesday 13th November witnessed the first stage of our distribution of Google Nexus 7 tablets to students in Years 7 to 10 as part of our ongoing participation in a project researching the impact of tablet technology on learning.

Parents of Year 7 students joined their sons and daughters in the Hall to receive the devices which have been gifted to the school as an additional educational tool to compliment our more traditional methods.

After the first very successful Skills Day of the year in October, staff are busily preparing activities for our second Skills Day on the 29th November.  

Here is a flavor of the day!

On 17th October, Ed Killin, Cameron Bigaignon, George Waterfield and Head Boy Lewis Clements were invited to Twickenham to attend a session organised by the RFU and Canterbury.  After an eventful journey, the boys arrived at Twickenham stadium, full of anticipation.

Wednesday 25th September witnessed the most recent in a series of lesson observation days, organised with the help of colleagues from the Local Authority and Saffron Walden County High School. 

As part of our plans for improvement following the 2012 Ofsted inspection, we monitor the quality of teaching at regular intervals with a view to identifying whether we are making sufficient progress in this area.

The Interact group would like to inform you that their chosen charity for 2013 – 2014 is the Essex Air Ambulance.

All monies raised by the group are through their own hard work and commitment in setting up a bric-a-brac stall at school events.  The next event at which they will be raising funds will be the Alec Hunter Shopping Afternoon on Saturday 30th November from 12.00-3.00pm.  Please come along and give your support.

Thursday 3rd October saw Alec Hunter Academy welcome visitors for the annual Open Evening.  Many of those who attended were children in Year 6, along with their parents, anxious to find out all about what the school has to offer as they prepare to make a choice of secondary school for their child.