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Sunflowers

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Students have been busy planting sunflowers out in the school gardens. Here are some photographs taken:

Tuxford Academy Shop

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Tuxford Academy Shop Additional Opening Hours

Wednesday 3rd July 2013, 6pm until 8pm

Wednesday 28th August 2013, 10am until 2pm

Tuesday 3rd September 2013, 10am until 2pm

Cyber Safety

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100

To find out more about Cyber Safety, please click here.

Seamus wins 7 medals

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Seamus Morrison, a Year 7 student at Tuxford, has attended the National Games in Birmingham.

Ellie Symonds OBE presented Seamus with his swimming gold.

In total, Seamus won 5 silver medals for his category in the field events and track events, a bronze medal for hockey and a gold medal for swimming.

DALP Students take part in their own University Challenge Quiz

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

DALP Students take part in their own University Challenge Quiz The DALP Schools: Retford Oaks, Tuxford Academy, the National and East Leake Academy, went head to head on May 8th in a University Challenge type quiz.

With fingers at the buzzers (or rather IPADs!), 6 students (years 7-11) from each school represented their school in answering general knowledge questions on subjects as diverse as Harry Potter to quantum physics! The Tuxford Academy team were made up of students from Inter-college quiz winners - Oak College. The Oak team won the inter-college quiz on 21st March, beating the three other Tuxford colleges in a battle for the inter-college cup. The Oak players were then put forward to the challenge of battling against the other three DALP schools for the quiz final.

An exciting series of six games were played by all four teams. East Leake Academy were leaders from the start with a final clear win of 295 points, beating the other three DALP schools and making them DALP Quiz Champions’ 2013. Chris Pickering DALP Principal thanked all teams and their supporters for attending the quiz and finally presented the victorious East Leake team with a trophy. All students that took part in the quiz will receive a DALP quiz certificate.

‘It was an exciting quiz, said Mr Baker, the question master, all teams performed extremely well. The level of Maths ability and lightening responses in particular were impressive for all schools.’ The DALP quiz final, this year held at Retford Oaks, was the first of its kind for DALP, who are keen to run a programme of events throughout the year which bring together the four schools.

Tuxford's U18s Rugby Team Create History

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

TUXFORD’S U18s RUGBY TEAM CREATE HISTORY

Tuxford Academy’s U18 Rugby team have made history by becoming county champions for the first time in school history.

The team, led by Captain Will Taylor, were crowned county championships after triumphing 15-12 in a nail-biting final against Stapleford’s George Spencer Academy at Paviors RFC. “It was a very scrappy game- neither side dominated until our first try just before half time,” said Phil Marshall, coach.

“We were camped on our own try-line for the last few minutes of the half, but defended the pressure well.” Three unconverted tries from scrum-half Will Machin, number 8 Daniel Price and flanker Richard Price secured the prestigious Notts Schools County Cup for Tuxford Academy!

Indeed, the talented squad also saw them reach the second round of the prestigious ‘Daily Mail Schools Cup’ in their first appearance in the competition, beating Lincoln Minster in the first round. ‘I’m delighted for the lads – in the past they have been knocked out of the semis – they’ve always been the nearly men. To win in their final year is a credit to them. They’ve stuck at it and encouraged other boys to get involved,’ Phil Marshall.

Winning the cup is a fantastic achievement for the team who have playing together as a team since year 7. Now with the majority in their last year at school and winning the cup in their last match together for the school, what a brilliant send off for the boys. We hope they continue playing and enjoy further sporting successes in the future.

Simon Weston visits Tuxford Academy

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

SIMON WESTON INSPIRES STUDENTS AT TUXFORD ACADEMY

On Friday 19^th April Simon Weston OBE, Falkland’s war veteran gave a truly inspirational speech to our Year11 students on overcoming adversity, determination and the benefits of self-belief. He reinforced the importance of students investing in themselves and following their dreams.

During the day, Simon also spoke to the Post 16 Public Services class. He inspired a number of students, including Charlotte Taylor in Year 12. Simon motivated Charlotte to peruse her dreams in the Police Force, encouraging her to take her future in her hands and be grateful for what she has.

Charlotte was particularly motivated by Simon, as her Dad attended a talk from Simon many years ago which motivated him to follow his dreams to develop a very success business.

Throughout the day Simon had the students and staff completely captivated listening to his thought provoking and motivational speech.

Art Competition

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Sally Mitchell Supports Community Art Competition On the evening of Monday 25th March, children and parents from Tuxford and the surrounding villages met at Sally Mitchell’s new art gallery in Tuxford for a special community art presentation evening. The Extended Services team at Tuxford Academy worked with Sally Mitchell to hold a Community Art Competition. Children from all the feeder schools were invited to submit artwork on an animal based theme. The artwork was then put into age based categories and judged by Sally and her son in their gallery. Prizes were awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and x2 runners-up for each age category – KS1, KS2 and KS3.

‘The volume of artwork submitted was astounding said Nicola Manning, Extended Services Co-ordinator, we were really impressed with the children’s interest in the competition.’ Geoff Lloyd, Head Teacher at Tuxford Academy presented a certificate and prize to each child.

The prize from Tuxford Academy was an A3 drawing pad and art pencils. The Sally Mitchell Gallery also very generously framed each of the children’s artwork along with presenting the children with a box of chocolates. ‘It was lovely to see all the children’s artwork. We were both really impressed and due to the high standard of entries it was difficult to narrow them down to the final winners ‘said Sally Mitchell.

Over 40 parents/Carers attended the event and were delighted to see their children’s artwork displayed professionally in the new gallery. ‘It’s a beautiful venue and a fantastic event, one parent said. My daughter (age 10) has always loved drawing and is really looking forward to improving her artwork whilst at Tuxford Academy.

The community art competition partnership is a first for Tuxford Academy and Sally Mitchell. School would like to thank Sally Mitchell and her colleagues again for being involved and hosting the event. We hope to repeat the competition in 2014.

Sutton-on-Trent Football Club

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Sutton-on-Trent Football Club advertising for new players

Click here to download the poster

CJ wins a place on The Voice

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

C J Edwards, a former student of Tuxford School, wins a place on The Voice, on the BBC1 television show. Watch his audition by following this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018kzlw

GCSE and GCE External Exams

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

The GCSE and GCE external examinations start on 13th May 2013. Please click here to download the timetable.

The Hub

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

The Hub meets every school day in the Conference Room from 3.30pm until 5pm.

It is open to all students in Years 7, 8 and 9.

For more information, please contact Miss N Harris.