Our next Skills Day is fast approaching, and we have another packed day ahead of us. Activities include a French Café, Careers Day, Revision and Science days. In addition to this, Ms Woolnough has organised for our Year 9 students to receive a visit from holocaust survivor, Rudi Oppenheimer; this is certainly set to be an extremely interesting opportunity for our students.
Forthcoming opportunity for students studying GERMAN to visit the Rhineland open to Year 8, 9 and 10.
The trip to the Rhineland in Germany is leaves on Friday 26th June and returns Monday 29th June 2015.
This trip run successfully in 2013 and we would like to offer this opportunity to our students again this year. The aim of the trip is to improve their German even further by allowing them to experience German culture.
Over the past year, the school has been working towards the Recognition of Quality Award (RoQA) in Careers Education, Information, Advice & Guidance, which is a nationally accredited quality standard for this important area of education.
This application was led by Clare Pipe, Work Related Learning Coordinator, and after a lot of hard work on her part and a rigorous evaluation process, the award was achieved on 14th November 2014.
Last Friday, Head Girl Chloe Stevens from Year 11 and Talia Stanley from Year 10 joined the 283 Members of the UK Youth Parliament aged between 11-18 taking part in a debate in the House of Commons chamber, chaired by the Speaker of the House of Commons Rt Hon John Bercow MP. This event marked the start of Parliament Week – an annual national awareness week which aims to build greater awareness, understanding and engagement with parliamentary democracy in the UK.
Youth Health Champions are students who act as ‘Health Advisors’ to their peers. Following their training on causes and consequences of unhealthy behaviours they will be able to work as a team, providing help and support to other students who might be involved in activities that could damage their health.
At Alec Hunter Academy, we pride ourselves on the positive relationships we engender between our young people and the adults who work with them on a day-to-day basis. We believe that students learn best when they feel valued and when the expectations of them are high.
We anticipate that our learners will attend school with a positive attitude to learning, that they will embrace challenge where they encounter it and will be enthusiastic, resourceful, adaptable and resilient.
Our new partnership with Saffron Walden County High School, one of the highest performing schools in Essex, through the sponsorship of the Saffron Academy Trust, has injected fresh impetus into the school and will undoubtedly have a significant impact as the links develop.
We hope that our young people will leave Alec Hunter with happy memories, having enjoyed a range of experiences that have prepared them for the next phase of their education and for their adult lives.
I hope that this website gives you a snapshot of the life and work of the school and that you are able to access any information that you need. However, if you are a parent seeking admission, a job applicant or a member of our school community and you are not able to locate the details you require, please give our friendly office staff a call on 01376 321813 and we will be delighted to help.
Trevor Lawn
Headteacher
Telephone: 01376 559 356
Text: 0759 8393348
Email: jackie.jackson@alechunter.com
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