Newsletter - Issue 1 - October 2013 - The Langley Academy

Student VoiceStudent Leaders – Student CouncilsThere are numerous ways in which the students at the Academy can develop and cultivate their skillsand attributes via involving themselves in leadership roles within academy life.Charities CouncilWe would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who attended the TLA Summer Fair at the end oflast year. It was a fantastic day, enjoyed by everyone. We raised an amazing £1489 for Charity, whichwill be donated to CLIC Sargent in memory of Ryan Pritchard. Huge congratulations to the SRB whosestall raised the most money and all the members of Grace House as their stalls raised the mostmoney for charity.The Charities Council continue to meet at lunchtime every Thursday. All students are welcome toattend. This year we will continue to plan and run charitable events to raise money for our 6 HouseCharities and National events. We will also continue to work with the charities following the supportour funding goes towards.Museum CouncilWelcome to 2 new members of Museum Council, Leah Lewis and KarisBoycott!We also have new objects around the Academy. The ceramics that theMuseum Council chose from the collection at the V&A are now ondisplay in the foyer cases. It is the first time that the V&A have loanedthese objects for display in a school!It seems a long time since we visited the V&A to choose the objects but ithas shown us that ‘the objects have to go through a long process to letus have them’. The council are developing tours of the ceramics and theother new hanging objects and hope to deliver them to House Tutor Groups after half term.Eco-CouncilTania Decosemo (Head of Grace House) has just taken over the role of running the Academy Eco-Council. The Academy has already been awarded its Bronze and Silver Eco-Schools Awards and theaim of the Eco- Council this year is to gain the Green Flag status. This will involve input from acrossthe Academy for a whole academy project.35