Carlton Academy

ICT and Business
The Real Business Challenge is a national
competition set by Coca-Cola for students
who are in Year 9. This year the challenge was
supporting Special Olympics Great Britain, a
fantastic charity that works to provide yearround
sports training and athletic competition
in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children
and adults with intellectual disabilities.
Students were asked to come up with a
new juice drink brand that had clear health
benefits, was sustainable and had great commercial proposition. Students needed to
present their idea in no more than 10 slides. The entries flooded in and after careful
consideration Team Blueish Skies triumphed with their fresh fruity combination. The
Team comprised of Charlotte Etches, Sophie Hand, Trinity Hargreaves, Mahwash Jabeen
and Bethany Payne with a couple of extra classmates helping out when and where
necessary.
Coca Cola will now look at the entries in Nottinghamshire and the best ideas will be
invited to a final where they will be given the chance to work with Coca Cola and
Special Olympics Great Britain on a live project. There is a chance to win some great
prizes along the way and we wish our girls the very best of luck!
Mr Harper
Science
In October pupils and colleagues from our feeder primary schools
visited The Carlton Academy for the annual Year 6 Science Day.
The day runs every year and is always a big success with the
primary pupils really enjoying the opportunity to carry out hands
on science practicals in a science laboratory. The teachers seemed
to enjoy using Bunsen Burners too!
We started by investigating ‘how do fireworks get their different
colours?’ To work this out, we used Bunsen Burners and carried
out flame tests using salts of different metals to find out what
colour flame they give, just in time for bonfire night! After this, we explored how to
design an aerodynamic rocket. We designed and made rockets, before launching them
across the front of school, in a big competition involving students from each of the
schools. Everyone involved had a fantastic time. It was a great opportunity for the
primary pupils to experience Science at The Carlton Academy and get to know their
future teachers, before starting in September 2017 as future scientists.
Miss Molloy