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Network News Day
The Academy hosted the first of five Network News Days in collaboration with four other schools across Europe. Every day from Monday March 21st, students from each school will be posting news about their school, their locality and their country.
You can catch up with the Garforth news desk by visiting the Radiowaves social networking site.
The other countries involved are Slovenia, Latvia, Poland and Germany
St Georges Crypt
PSHE had the pleasure of hearing about the work of St George’s Crypt during a lesson on Citizenship and People who make a Difference. One of the needs of the Crypt is for a constant supply of toiletries for the homeless men and women who use their shelter and hostels.
In response, the Year 11 students brought in a fantastic collection of toiletries which are being delivered to the Crypt and will make a difference to many lives. Thank you Year 11!
Even more badminton success!
4th March saw the opening of the new IT Training centre, ORBITTS*, on Oak Road. The centre funded by Leeds City Council and managed by the Academy will be putting on IT courses for community groups around the Garforth area as well as providing training courses for students within the School Partnership Trust.
A letter is being sent home to parents this week giving details of the first courses to be held at the centre after Easter. You can download a copy of the letter here. Attached to the letter is a Register of Interest letter. If this is returned to Mr E Bennett at the Academy, further details and an application form will be sent out via the post.
Alternatively you can register interest online at the new ORBITTS website www.orbitts.net
*ORBITTS - Oak Road Bringing IT Training Services
Badminton Success
Durban Trip February 2011
Students from the Garforth Jazz Rock Band and staff are heading out this week to Mzuvele High School in South Africa to deliver musical instruments donated by the school.
Mr Evans, Mrs Larsen and Mr Jelliman with students just before setting off on Saturday 12th February.
Watch a video of the Durban presentation on Youtube here
Cardiac Risk in the Young
Charity Single Launch, Garforth Liberal Club, 7th December 2010.
Forbidden Link-Sleep Well ( Gained an Angel )
In aid of Lewis Barry Appeal and C.R.Y Charity (Cardiac Risk in the Young)
December the 7th will see the launch of Sleep Well (Gained an Angel), a new single by Garforth based band ‘Forbidden Link’. Proceeds from the song, a tribute to Garforth teenager Lewis Barry who tragically passed away this year will be used to purchase a memorial bench in Lewis’s memory. This will be placed in Roundhay Park where Lewis, a gifted cyclist, regularly raced in the West Riding Track League with his many cycling friends. Any remaining proceeds will go towards the CRY Charity.
The band consists of five of Lewis’ school friends who are all aged between 15 and 16 years old. The boys are Leyton Hodgson (vocalist) , Ben Fletcher (guitar), Danny Brown (backing vocals and bass guitar) , Callum Jackson (drummer) and George Watts (guitar).
Callum Jackson (Drummer) said, ‘The lyrics in the song express how we all feel about Lewis. He will be sadly missed’.
Ben Fletcher (Guitarist) said, ‘Lewis was a friend of ours and the band wanted to produce a tribute to him and raise some funds for a permanent memorial to him and, hopefully, raise some more funds for a very worthy charity’
Danny Brown (Backing vocals + Bass) said, ‘This is our way of saying thank you to Carol and Mark for giving us such a great friend and we wanted to show our appreciation by writing this song, with all the proceeds going to a good cause.
Lewis’ parents, Carol and Mark Barry added,
‘We are absolutely delighted that Lewis is being remembered in this way by his friends, he loved live music and was tremendously proud of the boys, he would be delighted with their efforts and want his mother and I to support the band.’
The song written and performed by the band was recorded at Purple Pro Audio Studio in Leeds, and is the bands’ first professional recording, artwork for the CD was designed by Chloe Brown and enhanced by Ikon Design in Wakefield. With Christmas fast approaching the band hope that it will be an ideal gift for anyone who knew Lewis and wish to remember him through this tribute or by anyone who simply enjoys good music! All the proceeds will go to support the appeal and the charity and the band are hoping for a sell out of the limited edition CD.
The launch will take place at 3.30pm on the 7th December at the Liberal Club on Garforth Main Street, where you will be able to purchase the CD for £3.00.
Garforth Academy, Brigshaw High School and Education Leeds' music and arts service, ArtForms are all joining forces to provide artistic outlets for local people all year round.
To celebrate the launch, a spectacular music and arts showcase has been organised at Garforth Academy for the local population to see what is on offer.
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The free event took place on Wednesday 17 November 2010 from 5.30pm to 9pm and featured a host of new music and arts groups in the area.
Musical attractions included the Garforth Jazz Rock Band, mixed-genre Shiny Band, folk group Slania and adults and children's steel-pan bands Steel Crazy and Panic Attack will be entertaining the crowds.
People attending were also able to take part in free taster sessions in Samba drumming, streetdancing, guitars and steel pans.
A sensational fire show including fire breathing and juggling ended the night with a bang.
Arts Live is a community arts provision with a wide variety of arts groups for young people and adults from anywhere in Leeds to get involved in, including children's theatre, mixed-genre music groups, circus skills and dance.
For more information check out the Arts Live website.
2010 Autumn Issue of Trust Matters
The Autumn 2010 newsletter of the School Partnership Trust is available to download here
Open Evening 14th Oct
A chance to find out what makes us one of the most successful schools in the North of England
My Europe 3 Project
Four students from Year 11 have just returned from a residential trip to London where they worked together with Students from three other European countires creating multimedia projects based on issues common to all countries. See their work at the My Europe 3 website.
2010 Spring Issue of Trust Matters
Download the latest issue of the SPT newsletter - Trust Matters (2Mb PDF)
Ex-pupils success at the Delhi Commonwealth Games
Two ex-students, Jenny Wallwork and Gabby White, have both notched up successes in their opening matches in the Mixed Doubles part of the badminton team event at this year's Commonwealth Games. Third seeds England went on to take the bronze medal.
Service Above Others Award
Garforth Academy 6th Form student Jolie Joshua receiving her Exemplary Conduct and Good Service Youth Award from the Lord Mayor of Leeds at the 2010 Rotary Club of Leeds Awards.
For the past two years, Jolie has been involved with cheerleading for the Castleford Tigers Rugby Team following a visit the team made to the Academy. Jolie decided to undertake her Level 2 cheerleading award and then started to run cheerleading groups after school on a voluntary basis. She has also worked as a volunteer on our Holiday Programme. Now she has qualified, Jolie is delivering a number of cheerleading classes both in Garforth Academy and across our local primary schools. Her squad do various local events such as the Garforth Christmas Lights switch on, charity football matches and local galas. She is a dedicated young lady who inspires all the young people she works with. Well done Jolie.
Visit by Latvian Students
Last year a number of Year 10 students, (currently Year 11), were involved in a European Community Project along with students from Krasvala in Latvia. The Latvian students visited Garforth and worked with our students to create a number of videos reflecting important issues about the local community. Both groups kept in touch via the Radiowaves podcasting website and kept their Blogs up to date. Radiowaves have produced a final video in January 2010 which gives a flavour of what the students did during the project. You can view it here - click on the play button to see the video. Needless to say all our students were excellent ambassadors for the school (and the country!) and you can see all their videocasts at http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/s/my+Europe
Local Schools in World's Biggest Singalong
Students from St Benedict's, East Garforth, Strawberry Fields, Green Lane, Ninelands, Micklefield primary schools and Garforth Academy were among 25 Leeds schools helping to smash the world record for most people singing the same song at the same time. Half a million children sang as part of the Big Sing event, raising money for various cancer and disadvantaged young people charities.
Critic for the Day
Garforth Academy pupil Bethany Gordon has won a Yorkshire Evening Post competition and will write a review for the newspaper of Peter Pan, showing at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Garforth Community Arts School
GCAS have a new website where you can get all the details of performances and classes. Visit GCAS at http://www.gcasonline.co.uk/
Garforth Jazz Rock Band
The Garforth Jazz Rock Band have now performed at over 100 gigs. You can see details of these and get further news about forthcoming events by visiting the Jazz rock band website at www.gjrb.co.uk
