Category : FourthWay

This autumn term saw the vision that is Bosworth Theatre Company come alive.

As with the very best West End productions, the on stage talent can only perform with the backing of the ‘behind the scenes’ talent. That’s exactly how Bosworth Theatre Company operates. Students are taking on the roles of stage management and directions; set design, costume and make-up; lighting, audio and props; as well as business planning, marketing and front of house roles.

The company draws on the vast in school facilities of the Art and Design team, Textiles, Media, English and of course the Dance and Drama departments, all combining to produce first class dramatic sketches, dance performances, and a range of musical productions.

As we approach long winter evenings many parents will be planning their family summer break to the sun. It’s no secret that holidays during children’s school term times can be much cheaper than in the main six-week school break, and this encourages many families to look into the idea of taking their child out of school during the academic year to facilitate a cheaper family holiday.

The school recognizes that time spent together as a family, exploring and experiencing different cultures, and just having fun are all so vitally important in developing fully rounded and confident members of society. However, missing school causes severe disruption to your child’s education, and study after study shows that it affects their performance in exams and chances later in life.

The legal position is clear regarding the parents’ duty to ensure their child receives an education. However I appeal to you to consider the longer term cost to your child’s education and resulting future life opportunities; and plan your holiday’s to allow them to thrive and achieve in school.

Visitors from across the region attended the two recent Open Evenings making these events the busiest ever.

Both the KS3/KS4 evening and the Post 16 Sixth Form provided an opportunity for parents and young people to experience first hand why Bosworth Academy has become first choice school for so many young people.

With numerous displays of students work on display, the Academy Ambassadors provided both informed insight and guidance for visitors touring the school.

Louise Holdback, Head of Post 16 Sixth Form said, “These successful Open Evenings give our visitors and the local community the chance to meet the teachers, staff and importantly the students at Bosworth Academy, as well as experience the outstanding facilities across the sciences, art and design, as well as our brilliant sports and performing arts resources”.

Students and their guests enjoyed a glittering awards evening at the impressive Leicester City Football Stadium to recognise some remarkable successes. Nomination for Awards included individual success in examination results, as well as those students demonstrating a positive attitude to learning, and their achievements across subject areas.

There is no better way to understand how chemical processes work than to do it for real. The autumn harvest from the Academy’s greenhouse produced an abundance of grapes allowing students to get to grips with turning organic fruits into vinegar.

The Laureate students help to tend the vine throughout the year gaining insight into how photosynthesis works in organic matter, the capillary action within the vine, and science behind plant growth.

But that’s only part of the process. After harvesting the bumper crop and participating in the traditional style of grape treading, students took the resulting liquid into the chemistry lab to take the product on it’s transformational journey from grape juice to vinegar.

They were able to experience the chemical process in which ethyl alcohol undergoes partial oxidation that results in the formation of acetaldehyde. From this the acetaldehyde was converted into acetic acid – vinegar. Bringing to life the chemical reaction from Vine to Vinegar as we all now know:

CH3CH2OH > CH3CHO > CH3COOH