Congratulations to Dillon Crawley who has won a gold medal at the Gymnastics Special Olympics.
Dillon has been attending Grantham Gymnastics Club for many years and has competed in the Specials Group for children with special needs since primary age.
Dillon was a winner in the Level 1 category, 12 to 14 years, competing on the rings, floor, pommel horse, vault, high bar and parallel bars.
Well done Dillon, an amazing achievement!
As a school, we know the importance of having a solid knowledge of multiplication tables and Times Tables Rock Stars is a fun way to learn and practice them.
Years 7 and 8 are having tremendous success this year with TT Rockstars. They’ve nearly filled the board already with their certificates!
Congratulations to the following students who all achieved 100% attendance for the Autumn Term. Well done!
Seun | Adewoyin | 8SS |
Lutfullah | Asadi | 10WE |
Zahoorullah | Asadi | 9CB |
Samuel | Ashby | 10DB |
Liam | Bailey | 11HL |
Macaulay | Barber | 10DB |
Chelsi | Bernard | 11HL |
Kelsey-Lee | Bignell | 9KD |
Keanen | Burnett | 8TBT |
Zac | Charlton | 9CB |
George | Cloxton | 7RA |
Sophie | Copeland | 10DB |
Alexa-Mae | Coupland | 7TBR |
Annabel | Dawson | 8TBT |
Aivaras | Duna | 11HL |
Imogen | Evans-Abraham | 9KD |
Elizabeth | Farrand | 10WE |
Crystal | Fry | 10WE |
Cole | Green-Rowland | 8TBT |
Holly | Hibbitt | 8TBT |
Rhys | Howe | 10RC |
Charlie | Hunt | 11HL |
NoorRahman | Jaji | 10WE |
Anees | Khan | 11LHU |
Bashir | Khan | 9CB |
Dante | Lee-Xavier | 8SS |
Tiffany | Martin | 9CB |
Nicole | Mihaylov | 10RC |
Torin | Milne | 7TBR |
Haris | Nadim | 10RC |
Liliana | Nogueira | 8SS |
Christopher | North | 9CB |
Hans | Owobu | 11AMI |
Peter | Palmai | 7LJ |
Georgie | Reid | 8TBT |
Jayden | Satheeskumar | 10RC |
Tyler | Sawyer | 7LJ |
Brandon | Sharpe | 9CB |
Callum | Smith | 11HL |
Kyle | Smith | 11AMI |
Max | Strother | 11AMI |
Cayden | Swann | 9KD |
Lily | Taylor | 9CB |
Balint | Toth | 10WE |
Joshua | Toulson | 7LJ |
Trevor | Tse | 8SS |
Jake | Vincent | 11AMI |
Laci | Wand | 7RA |
Ember | Waterhouse | 7TBR |
Gabriella | Willesden | 7TBR |
Kevin | Witkowski | 10RC |
Charles Read Academy 4 – 2 West Grantham Secondary Academy
Team:
- Ben Summers (Captain)
- Alex Wasiluk
- Luke Ruiz
- Callum Smith
- Kyle Smith
- Tyler Simmons
- Leo Shaw
- Charlie Barr
- MacKenzie Mason
- Charlie Hunt
- Luke Dunnell
- Jack Slevin
- Kevin Zerebecki
The year 11 football team took to the field for the first time this year acquitting themselves well, but ultimately falling short in their quest for glory. In blustery conditions, it was the home team that settled best, putting WGSA under intense pressure and carving out many opportunities. WGSA began to find their feet as the half wore on, with team captain Ben Summers pulling the strings. It wasn’t long before Leo Shaw found himself bearing down on the Charles Read goal, finishing superbly in what appeared to be the opening score of the game. After a quick check with his linesman it was ruled out by the referee for offside, and the game remained 0 – 0.
WGSA continued to apply the pressure, with Charlie Barr snapping at the heels of anyone within a ten yard radius, breaking up play and setting off Jack Slevin on a weaving run downfield, only to be thwarted by the home defense. Unfortunately, disaster struck moments later when against the run of play Charles Read scored a well worked goal, taking the lead and knocking the wind out of WGSA’s sails. It was just the start for the home side, as buoyed by their success they quickly added two more goals before half time.
As the wind picked up and the rain came down, the game restarted with Charles Read again on the attack. An unstoppable shot flew into the top corner, despite the outstretched hand of Alex Wasiluk in the West Grantham goal, making it 4 – 0. This seemed to galvanize the WGSA spirit, and they roared forward with wave after wave of attack and were rewarded for their efforts. The ball found its way to Leo Shaw and he scored a thunderous shot into the bottom corner before wheeling away in celebration, making it 4- 1. Opportunities for Luke Ruiz and Ben Summers were narrowly missed before Charlie Hunt cut inside from the left and launched a rocket at goal, only to see his shot strike the cross bar with an almighty whack and fly off to safety. Leo Shaw and his trusty left foot then doubled the WGSA goal tally, making it 4-2.
4-2 proved to be the final score line as the two teams battled it out in worsening conditions right up to the final whistle. Although not the result WGSA would have wanted, they can hold their heads high and be proud of the spirit and quality of their performance.
Our automobile students had a fabulous time this week, stripping and servicing a braking system. We are looking forward to getting stuck in at the workshop again next week.
It was lovely to welcome so many prospective students to our Open Evening last week. The feedback from the evening was extremely positive, with one parent telling us ‘one of the greatest selling points was how the pupils spoke about the school and how they conducted themselves’ and ‘all of them went above and beyond.’
If you were unable to join us on the evening, but would like to tour the academy and come and see the changes that are taking place since we joined SNMAT, please contact us on 01476 405200 or by email to office@wgacademy.org.uk to make an appointment.
For more information on how to apply for a year 7 place for September, please click here.
Mrs Blakey, our resident cake bake organiser, together with the support of staff has raised money jointly for Macmillan Cancer Support and Down Syndrome International. Staff baked and ate cakes to the sum of nearly £200 for these very deserving causes.
Congratulations to Charis Morton, winner of our Bluecoat Meres Challenge. Well done Charis!
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The West Grantham Church of
England Secondary Academy
The Avenue
Grantham
Lincolnshire
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