Acle Academy

It was a real pleasure to be able to show a previous student, Mr. Bonar, from the class of 1962, around the school today. Mr. Bonar has travelled all the way from Somerset, where he now lives. It was so lovely to hear stories about his time at Acle, his memories of roaming the marshes around Upton, and also where his career has taken him throughout the years. Thank you for coming in and we hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday!

Congratulations to Leah, Lana, Foxe, Cicely, Colman, Evelyn, Thea, Mia, Laylah-Rose, Freya, Tommy, Thomas, Benjamin, Daisy, Meredith, Jay, Ashton, Roan, Izzy, Genevieve, Zachariah, Grace, Ava, Ruby, Scarlett, Annabelle, Emma, Megan, Hazel, Lana, Freja, Carly, Emily, Freya, Annabel, Matthew, Alfie, Kibi, Hollie, Jayden and Lucas for their Star of the Week nominations.

Follow this link to the Wensum Trust website to read more about our journey to our recent 'Good' Ofsted rating. https://www.wensumtrust.org.uk/acle-academy-receives-good-ofsted-rating-after-transformational-journey

We are looking for a Head of Character and Culture to join our ever growing team. Please follow the link for more information.

We've had a very successful term for reading-related revelry, with World Book Day in March in addition to our termly reading competitions. We now have a team of junior librarians who are available in the library at lunchtime, and we'd like to see more students using the library at this time to check out books. Head on down, when you get a chance, and our team will help you select a book which suits your fancy! For World Book Day, students were encouraged to send in photos of themselves reading in an unusual place or way. We had some great (and hilarious) photos submitted, all of which will be displayed in the main corridor soon. The two winners of £10 book vouchers out of the submissions were Esme Arthurton-Howlett and Meredith Hamphire-Smith! We also ran a competition to design a bookmark. We had so many great designs that we found it very difficult to select a winner and eventually had to settle on two winners, Lucas Cullen and Freya Gibbs, both of whom won a book of their choice alongside having their designs professionally replicated to be on offer in the library. We also chose four runners-up who will have their bookmarks printed in school and also available in the library. These were Esme Artherton-Howlett, Poppy Costelloe, Catherine Scott and Ferne. As always, after finishing a book, students can complete a review that, if suitably detailed and well-written, can earn 10 housepoints. The following completed the most reviews of their respective houses in the Spring term: Ant Mia Edwards Freya Gibbs Phoebe Bryant Emily George Ellen Bethell Mary Catchpole Bure Lexi Mair Ruby Scott Thurne Daisy Mia Robinson Yare Alice Gough Zack Maisy Cushing Every student who completes a review, whether several or only one, is entered into a random draw for a chance to win an Amazon Kindle and some vouchers to purchase some e-books. This term the winner was Daisy Scott. Well done to Daisy, and we hope your new Kindle brings you many hours of reading pleasure! Well done to all our winners this term and keep up the great reading!

Norfolk County Bowl Final On Wednesday 4th May, the U16 rugby team travelled to North Walsham RFC to play on the first team pitch against Framingham Earl in the Norfolk Bowl final. Many staff and students attended and Acle Academy provided a coach for them to spectate, which created a great atmosphere. Acle started very well and their opposition had to defend in the opening part of the game. The pressure told though, as from the breakdown, a fantastic miss pass by Thomas M created the overload with the ball reaching Josh to score on the wide left. Framingham then grew into the game and Acle had to defend without the ball for a long spell. The opposition worked closer and closer to the line and scored on the blind side after a scrum. Acle then went up the other end, and from a great passing move, Seb E powered over the line to score on the right for a penalty try. Soon after, Acle extended their advantage after some clever play from Seb S. Quick thinking from a penalty saw a tap and go and then he bundled the ball over the line underneath the posts. Conner kicked the resulting conversion. Framingham again put Acle under pressure for a sustained period, and despite the fantastic defence from Jake, Michael and Charlie, they scored two tries before half time to make the score 19-15 to Acle. Framingham came out of the blocks the fastest in the second half to score first to make the score 19-20. After some sloppy play from Acle, they began to play again and produced a fantastic play from the breakdown where captain Edward's dummy pass fooled the defender for him to score under the posts. Conner kicked for a 26-20 lead. Acle then lost the outstanding Cullen to the sin bin, which put the defence under pressure. Acle thought they had conceded a last second try after a lineout and maul to the line but they showed bravery and determination to defend their lead, before Charlie turned the ball over expertly. Edward then gleefully kicked the ball into touch and the celebrations began!

You can read about our 'good' news in the EDP. https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/acle-academy-rated-good-by-ofsted-8943646