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Page 1: Readathon Fitness Suite Shoebox Appeal · Readathon Children In Need Special Report Fitness Suite Phase 1 Of New Build Opens Shoebox Appeal Operation Christmas Child Gets The Venture

ReadathonChildren In Need Special Report

Fitness SuitePhase 1 Of New Build Opens

Shoebox AppealOperation Christmas Child Gets The Venture Treatment

Edition 8: Winter 2012 - 2013

www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk

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lude

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the

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orts

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The

deci

sion

s ha

ve b

een

mad

e an

d th

e fo

llow

ing

stud

ents

hav

e be

en s

elec

ted

to re

pres

ent O

rmis

ton

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ure,

on

this

yea

r's w

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long

resi

dent

ial a

t G

resh

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all

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der

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ns

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n Be

nny

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lley

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se P

rese

ntat

ions

wer

e ex

cell

ent.

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r 10

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cha

ng

ees

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dent

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ve b

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info

rmed

of t

he re

sult

s of

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to th

e ne

xt ro

und.

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follo

win

g st

uden

ts w

ere

sele

cted

:

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on

Ryan

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tins

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de M

unro

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yden

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dy

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chel

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chu

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len

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ley

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ms

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wee

k of

the

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sham

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take

par

t in

this

exp

erie

nce.

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as s

how

n m

e w

hat i

t is

like

to li

ve a

t sch

ool a

nd I

have

real

ised

how

impo

rtan

t it i

s to

be

inde

pend

ent.

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e m

et s

o m

any

love

ly

new

fri

ends

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e w

hole

atm

osph

ere

and

my

life

as I

now

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w th

at G

resh

ams

is th

e id

eal

one

help

and

sup

port

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m te

ache

rs, a

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e sm

alle

r

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suc

h a

hom

ely

and

rela

xed

atm

osph

ere

and

whe

n I t

ook

part

in c

ross

cou

ntry

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asn’

t exa

ctly

cam

e la

st, f

ell o

ver

in th

e m

ud a

nd w

alke

d ne

arly

the

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rt f

rom

the

cros

s co

untr

y, I

love

d ev

ery

less

on, I

to

ok p

art i

n as

muc

h as

I co

uld

and

am v

ery

prou

d of

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olar

ship

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ongr

atu

lati

ons

7

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the

12th

Oct

ober

, Ven

ture

Aca

dem

y w

as s

ucce

ssfu

l in

its

bid

to g

ain

‘Inve

stor

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ils’

sta

tus.

Wit

h th

e pr

evio

us S

tude

nt E

xecu

tive

Boa

rd

star

ting

the

proc

ess

last

Mar

ch, t

he

new

team

wer

e ke

en to

gai

n th

e Q

uali

ty M

ark.

that

incl

uded

the

impl

emen

tati

on o

f vi

sion

sta

tem

ents

,

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repo

rt w

as v

ery

com

plim

enta

ry o

f th

e A

cade

my

and

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dent

role

s an

d re

spon

sibi

litie

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th

form

s an

d ac

ross

th

e ac

adem

y w

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man

y an

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ried

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danc

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nted

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ativ

e an

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thus

iast

ic

stud

ents

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hris

Cov

erle

y, ‘I

nves

tors

in P

upils

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esso

r

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dent

s an

d pa

rent

s al

way

s fe

el th

ey

can

be h

eard

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aren

t

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esto

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n P

up

ils

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k yo

u f

or

giving

me

this

opp

ort

unity

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xper

ienc

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ur

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torical S

chool. I

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as a

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l tr

eat

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her

more

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to t

han

k th

e house

mas

ter, t

he

mat

ron

and

all th

e am

azing

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her

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elcomed

us n

icely.

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to t

han

k all th

e pu

pils

in

year

10; th

ey w

ere

sociabl

e as

well. I

princ

ipally

than

k Kier

on

Shah

for

his

exc

ellent

supp

ort

!

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in I

like

to t

han

k yo

u a

ll f

or

this

wond

erfu

l ex

perien

ce!

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amaz

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try

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ult

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r an

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e en

tere

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rly

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re

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llent

res

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is y

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furt

her

proo

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at V

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re s

tude

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ld c

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st

year

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an W

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smas

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inat

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lts.

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r Ye

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nt, J

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n W

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l ac

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y

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stud

ents

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plet

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ably

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ily

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Jun

ior

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du

ati

on

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cks

at

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ture

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ture

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ards

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wor

k of

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age

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ts a

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elps

to p

repa

re

them

for

thei

r Ke

y St

age

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urse

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com

mun

ity

and

(im

port

antl

y fo

r G

CSE

pre

para

tion

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lati

num

pas

spor

t mea

ns th

at a

stu

dent

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colle

cted

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aut

umn

cele

brat

ion

for

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7 a

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ear

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ts

both

of

you

cele

brat

e ac

hiev

emen

t thi

s ye

ar w

ith

a sp

ecia

l Jun

ior

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cmil

lan

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off

ee M

orn

ing

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Gil

bert

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nham

's c

hoco

late

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p co

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ole

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show

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eve

ry

last

cak

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und

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ppy

hom

e du

ring

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ning

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ssur

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nt w

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ndle

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rent

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ays

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es n

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ssib

le o

r th

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lly a

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r yo

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y, w

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ays

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re w

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proj

ect t

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stru

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t nee

ded

to b

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acob

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kow

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yell

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odds

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olds

mit

h ha

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s w

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e A

cade

my

rais

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as

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per

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Year: 11 Age: 15Sport: Kickboxing Where: World Championships, Italy Medals won: Gold in Freestyle (Low Kicks)

Silver in Light Contact Silver in K1 CategoryEarly this year, in September,

Ray Leonard when he popped

motivational Talk.

“ It was a massive emotional experience, standing on the podium with the gold medal around my neck and the national anthem playing”.

Spotlight onJade Munro

(World Amateur

'Speed King'

Charlie was also picked as one of the

Unfortunately Charlie did not win

Superbike series which commences at

So watch out for Charlie no 76 on Eurosport 2 next season.

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