Carlton Academy

House Achievement
The new school year began with appointing
students to each House Council. Roles include Tutor
Representatives, House Captain, Vice-Captain, Events
Co-ordinator, Sports Captain and a new role for this
year – Media Technician. The House Council have the
important job of listening to the student voice and
assisting the House Achievement Co-ordinators with
the smooth running of events. Thank you to all that
applied and congratulations to those appointed.
The first event of the year was the Year 7 Inter-House Quiz. This was a great team
building activity in which all students in Year 7 participated. There were several rounds
based on curriculum knowledge and popular culture. The winning team was from
Cavendish and the overall Inter-House winners were Hollinsclough. We will be running
a similar event for Year 8 in the New Year.
This year we are introducing Intra-House competitions. These events start within tutor
groups and then extend to House contests that develop into whole school competitions.
This allows every individual to participate and achieve House points. For the first time
this year we ran a Spelling Bee. All students were given a spelling test of ten words
and the student with the highest number of correct spelling went on to represent
their tutor group in the Intra-House Competition. The
winner from this round represented their House in
the Spelling Bee final in the theatre in front of a live
audience of staff and students. The Carlton Academy
Spelling Bee Champion is Lydia Proudlove from
Carnarvon. Congratulations Lydia!
To raise money for Children In Need this year, the
House councils were tasked with coming up with a
range of fundraising ideas. These consisted of; Bake Off,
Bake Sale, Sing-a-Long, Fancy Dress Competition and Non-Uniform Day. Thank you to
everyone for taking part and raising money for a brilliant cause. The Bake Off winner
was Jadzia Armstrong from Hollinsclough with a fantastic cookie monster cake. The
Fancy Dress Competition was won by Lewis Perry from Cavendish. The Sing-a-Long at
lunchtime was extremely popular with students!
We have a number of events planned for the weeks leading up to Christmas – dust off
your Christmas jumpers. A Christmas design competition will be launched in the next
couple of weeks. Students can check the House Achievement notice board for up and
coming competitions, photographs of events and the results so far.
In the Spring Term, the House Council will be assisting with the running of several
events. Battle of the Bands, World Book Day and It’s a Knockout are all to come; along
with the opportunity to participate in Inter House Sports Competitions.