Harton Academy

Some of our year 9 students have taken part in an amazing hands on workshop run by Medical Mavericks. Pupils had the opportunity to try out real medical equipment in the classroom and got to learn about a range of different careers in the NHS. Activities included: taking blood from a fake arm, using an ultrasound machine to see inside their body, trying key hole surgery and scanning the retina in the eye with an eye phone. If you would like to find out more about different careers in health please visit: www.medicalmavericks.co.uk www.healthcareers.nhs.uk

We welcome all Harton Academy students to join us for a great start to the day. Our FREE breakfast is available from 8.00am to 8.30am Monday to Friday and is held in our Dinner Centre.

It is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme this year is Body Image - how we think and feel about our bodies.

Year 10 Parents' Evening starts at 3:30pm today.

Please follow the link below which will take you to the Easter edition of Harton News, the termly newsletter for parents, students, staff, governors and members of the community. https://harton-tc.co.uk/…/…/newslette rs/issue-5-easter-2019/

“We are delighted to announce that Harton Academy have been awarded Champion School status by Renaissance Learning. This reflects our students’ great progress in reading over recent years. Staff and students have a fabulously positive attitude towards Accelerated Reading. Well done to all staff and students involved!”

Harton Academy was delighted to host a learning visit for the North East LEP on Thursday 28 March 2019, with delegates attending from Hong Kong and Wales. The delegates were interested to find out about our experiences of a recent pilot project we were involved in, linked to the Gatsby Benchmarks, which are a framework of eight guidelines that define the best careers provision in schools and colleges in England and which are an integral part of the government’s new Careers Strategy. We continue to be involved in this really important work as a Lead School in the North East LEP’s North East Ambition programme.

We are proud to announce that we are now supporting The Red Box Project. The Red Box Project is a community run project that has been set up to tackle period poverty by providing free sanitary products in schools to any young woman who needs them. It is focused on ensuring no young woman misses school because of her period. The project relies on donations of period products, new underwear and tights from members of the community which students from our school will have access to. We have set up three donation points within school, in both receptions and the sports centre, if you wish to donate. Can we take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support?
For more information please visit: http://redboxproject.org/

Harton Academy has joined the government’s National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP), which is being delivered by the charities Family Action and Magic Breakfast.
As a NSBP School we are pleased to offer a FREE healthy school breakfast, available to all, and enjoy the benefits that brings, with children settled and ready to learn at the start of the school day.
Read more information here: https://harton-tc.co.uk/…/the-national- school-breakfast-pr…/

Harton Academy’s year 12 Government and Politics class had a once in a lifetime opportunity last week to visit Parliament as a guest of the Rt. Honourable John Bercow MP, who had very kindly visited the school last year. Read full story on our school website - https://harton-tc.co.uk/…/parliament-vi sit-as-a-guest-of-t…/

Congratulations to our Girls’ U15 Rugby Squad who have won the County Cup for the first time in the school’s history; many thanks to Vic Young for sponsoring the competition. Following their phenomenal first round success in which they scored 19 tries and conceded none, the girls went on to convincingly win their final two games, scoring 15 tries in all and conceding only 3. Their commitment and sportsmanship throughout the competition have been phenomenal and they can be justly proud of the way they have represented themselves and Harton Academy. They are excellent ambassadors for the sport.

Dear all. We are delighted that our ski trip ⛷has arrived safely and all the students are having a great time on the slopes! Have a wonderful time! Our New York trip is almost at an end, so we wish you a safe trip home.

Year 13 parents’ evening is on Thursday 28 February.

Our last non-uniform day raised a total of £1,224.38. This has been divided and donated to the five chosen charities accordingly as a result of the student poll carried out. Thank you to everyone for your kind generosity.
More information can be found on our website here: https://harton-tc.co.uk/harton-academy-ne ws/non-uniform-day/

To apply for Harton Sixth Form, visit: www.hartonacademy.co.uk/sixth-form/

Merry Christmas from all at Harton Academy.

We hope you enjoy your Christmas and the seasonal break.

Dear Parents and Carers – The latest edition of our termly newsletter has been emailed to you all. It can also be viewed via this link: https://harton-tc.co.uk/…/newslette…/ issue-4-christmas-2018/