14649 CBA In-press-Issue-10.indd - Corby Business Academy
14649 CBA In-press-Issue-10.indd - Corby Business Academy
14649 CBA In-press-Issue-10.indd - Corby Business Academy
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IN PRESS <strong>Issue</strong> Ten <strong>Corby</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> 5<br />
BUSINESS,<br />
HUMANITIES & ENTERPRISE (BHE)<br />
YEAR 7 STAGE<br />
ROMAN THEMED ASSEMBLY<br />
Our form, 7S, held an assembly on the Romans and how they worked in a<br />
team. We presented the assembly to Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students<br />
giving information about the Roman army and how they were successful<br />
in battle. We also showed how effective the turtle formation was in battles<br />
against the barbarians.<br />
The speakers Oskar, Harry, and Nicole, were at the front of the theatre<br />
explaining about the Romans. When they had fi nished speaking the soldiers:<br />
Danny, Rachel, Kit, Jake, Ethan, Alex, Erin and Callum came down the two<br />
sets of stairs carrying their shields they had made. The soldiers made the turtle<br />
formation, then the speakers threw spears at the soldiers but the spears just<br />
glided over the top of the shields.<br />
Learning about the Romans, about how they worked in a team and their life<br />
style was fun and interesting<br />
Oskar Farley-McFayden – Year 7 student<br />
MRS FARRAR – BHE<br />
HISTORY TEACHER AND HEAD OF RAISING<br />
ASPIRATIONS IN THE ACADEMY<br />
What is the most embarrassing thing you<br />
have done this year?<br />
I was caught dancing on the table in my class<br />
room by Dr Campbell in my muddy boots... in<br />
my defence it was part of my lesson.<br />
What do you prefer most about teaching?<br />
Motivating students to achieve.<br />
What is the most diffi cult aspect of teaching?<br />
Getting students to believe that if they can dream it they can do it.<br />
If you could run the school for one day what would you enjoy<br />
the most?<br />
Getting everybody to do history all day.<br />
UNIFORMED PUBLIC<br />
SERVICES<br />
On Wednesday 10th March, the Sixth Form Uniformed Public<br />
Services group spent the day away from <strong>CBA</strong> and travelled to<br />
nearby Fineshade woods.<br />
We were there taking part in an air soft activity for our leadership<br />
unit as part of the national award. Air soft was a particularly good<br />
activity for us to take part in as it requires team work.<br />
The mission we had to accomplish was to destroy simulated<br />
terrorist forces.<br />
We each took it in turns to complete our task by leading the<br />
team. We all had a briefi ng process to organise our team, also<br />
when carrying out the activity we had to shout orders to the<br />
team and guide them in the right direction, identifying anything<br />
vital to the task in hand.<br />
I found it was a really enjoyable task to do and would defi nitely<br />
go again.<br />
Sarah Hurley – Headgirl<br />
BHE STUDENT SURVEY<br />
RESULTS<br />
A small sample of classes within each year group were asked to<br />
complete a questionnaire about their experiences in BHE.<br />
Overall, we were very pleased with the outcomes.<br />
Over 80 per cent of the respondents felt that they are treated fairly by<br />
adults in the Faculty and feel safe. Teachers are respected, have high<br />
expectations of their students, and help them to improve their work.<br />
However, the perceived lack of variety in some of the lessons was<br />
highlighted as an area we could improve.<br />
We have begun to address this by using more fi lming and model<br />
making, and have planned for visiting speakers to share their experiences<br />
with students. We also have some off-site activities planned.<br />
Lorraine Smith – Vice Principal BHE