Each school has had a tailored experience to include Food Technology, in which they designed and made danish pastries, glass making, felt making, health related fitness and music.

Students from each school also had the opportunity to play table tennis, after enjoying a lovely picnic outside in the quad.

Mill Hill Primary School students taking part in team sport activities during their visit on Tuesday 14th May.

The Academy Travel Plan details activities and events run to support both students and staff in making healthy choices whilst, at the same time, helping to reduce congestion around the Academy.

Our investment in a secure shelter for bicycles and scooters has encouraged more students to cycle to and from the Academy.  Many students have also participated in safety awareness sessions during Curriculum Enrichment Days, including Bikeability and a visit from the CRASH team.

Modeshift Stars provides a national framework for the implementation of sustainable and active travel activities and is the only national accreditation scheme for rewarding sustainable academy travel plans.

We are now aiming for the next level of the award as we move into our new building in September.

The Horizon Academy team beat Sir Graham Balfour High School 25-24 in what was a close and very exciting match. A last second block from Jack Briggs 10CFJa was the difference in the end.

The boys were excellent throughout and deserved the win.

Whilst most students kept their feet firmly on the ground studying for their GCSEs, there was still time to experience the new high wire tree top challenge.

Students had to overcome a series of obstacles on a circuit over 30ft high and finish with a parachute jump from the climbing tower.

Zac Davenport 11NKHp, one of the first to finish recalls “an exhilarating experience and that was just the lessons, the high wire was a bit scary but once you got used to it, it was great fun.”

Kick starting with a tour of the Krispy Kreme Doughnut factory, students enjoyed complimentary doughnuts and juice before visiting the hospitality suite of the Trafford Centre.

Lunch was served at Chao Baby, where Thai food was on the menu, following which the group visited GBK (Gourmet Burger Kitchen) to look at styles of service, condiments and menus.

Students later visited the food hall at Selfridges where they were invited to taste test a variety of products from their stalls.

Students took many photographs to help with design ideas for their afternoon tea task.

The day included a variety of activities including paper making, testing and cleaning water, model molecules and investigating solar panels.

Everyone had a great day, especially Jake Blunt 7LATp who secured a prize for the Academy by impressing the university staff with his excellent questions.

Students took part in taster sessions of various languages including German, Lithuanian, Chinese, Arabic and Italian.

During the day there was also a guided tour of the university grounds, including a visit to the stables where the ghost of Mrs Sneyd, the handless woman, is alleged to haunt!

All students thoroughly enjoyed their visit and many of them have since expressed an interest in attending Keele University.

On Friday 26th April students assembled pieces based on the theme ‘impossible teapots’. Here are a few pictures of the day and the work so far:

Students accumulated their scores using Vocab Express, an exciting new software programme.  This was in addition to revising for their GCSE speaking assessments!

The level of vocabulary learning and the massive scores accrued shows how hard MFL students work at developing their language skills and is a fantastic demonstration of their dedication and tenacity.

Mrs Fleet is extremely proud of all Key Stage 4 students who are taking languages at GCSE; they will all tell you that is not an easy subject!

There were prizes for the top three students, who were all from Year 9.  First place went to Courtney Adams 9NASp who began the competition on a score of 1,605 words and eventually finished on a massive 23,525 words!! She won a huge Lindt Easter Egg.

Second place went to Rachel Potts 9MJJc who began on 5,540 words but finished on 22,415! Tiffany Parker 9JJWa took third place having started on 5,580 words yet finished on 18,975!

A similar competition for Key Stage 3 students will begin shortly.

Year 7 won their first football match in convincing style against the Co-operative Academy on Thursday 18th April.

The result was 5-3 with Ormiston Horizon having five different goal scorers: Thomas Hefferman 7SLWc; Joel Stewart 7IADp; Ben Brookes 7LATp; Alex Shaw-Whitby 7JJWa and Callum Rogers 7LMMa

Year 10 Basketball

Congratulations to our Year 10 basketball team who won their City Cup semi-final match 29-6, against Chesterton Sports College on Wednesday 24th April. The basis of the win was a well drilled defence.

Well done to all the players and good luck in the final.