The Junior Concert Band opened the show with a performance of ‘The Great Escape’ before Head of School Mr Simon Underwood welcomed families and introduced awards and comperes throughout the event.

Awards were presented to students in four categories. Head of School Mrs Nicola Treacy presented the Academic Progress Award, Chair of the Governors Marianne Harris-Bridge presented the Success through Adversity Award, Executive Principal Ms Anne Hill presented the Academic Attainment Award and CEO Dr Andrew Campbell presented the Student of the Year Award.

In-between awards our audience listened to a variety of popular Christmas songs such as Frosty the Snowman, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer and It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. A range of classical and contemporary numbers also featured and consisted of songs such as Let It Go from the Disney film Frozen, Ravel’s Balero and Oye Como Va arranged by Wakeman.

All songs were performed by a variety of music groups including the Junior Concert Band, Junior Brass Ensemble, Woodwind Ensemble, CBA Vocalize, CBA Big Band, Senior Concert Band, Senior Vocals and Compass.

As well as the music groups their were solos from Louie Anderson on trumpet, Jessica Walker on cello, Louie Anderson and Sullivan Rymarz, who is our first student to have a xylophone solo. He played Helterskelter by W G Lemon, and although he seemed exhausted after, the performance seemed to be a big hit with the audience.

Vocal soloists also stunned the audience and were performed by Rebecca Loveday, Lauren Samuels-Hammond and Bethany Aveyard. Rachael Beezer and Lael Hatinawedu also sang a duet of Love Lies by Khalid and Bethany performed a duet with Laurie Coleman who played the saxophone.

Director of Music, Mr Clive Wears said: ‘It was great to see so many of you attend the Winter Showcase. We are very thankful for all the support we continually receive from families.

‘The young musicians put in a lot of time and hard work in preparation for the event and this shown in the spectacular performance they put on. The evening demonstrated the wealth of talent we have at the Academy and the students should be very proud of themselves.’

Head of School, Mr Underwood said: ‘The student awards typify a range of achievements across our student body. Academic excellence and individual progress are key indicators or how hard the Academy is working.  Students from a wide range of backgrounds are displaying an outstanding attitude towards learning on a daily basis.’

A big thank you to everyone that made the evening possible. We wish all our students and their families a very happy Christmas and New Year.

 

Well done to all award recipients:

Academic Progress

UNIT	James Stuart
UNIT	Kaitlyn Williams
Year 7	Ben Lattimore
Year 7	Weronika Burek
Year 8	Niall Shackleton
Year 8	Lucy Stone
Year 9	Blazej Puchala
Year 9	Sumiya Swara-Soran
Year 10	Jarrod Ackah
Year 10	Katie Thacker
Year 11	Jozef Balogh
Year 11	Eleanor Webster
Year 12	Christopher Williamson
Year 12	Paula Uljanica
Year 13	Craig Scott
Year 13	Hannah Collier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Success through Adversity

UNIT	Benjamin Sayles-Haslam
Year 7	Harry Byrne
Year 8	Ayden Baldwin
Year 9	Eden Trotter
Year 10	Eleanor Pike
Year 11	Jack Ennis
Year 12	Erin McDougall
Year 13	Sophie Malone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Attainment

Year 8	Reece Forsdike
Year 8	Bethany Wishart
Year 9	Alan Zajac
Year 9	Bethany Aveyard
Year 10	Lennon Gibbs
Year 10	Cuba Aves-Walker
Year 11	Joe Shirlaw
Year 11	Denisa Stanciu
Year 12	Jack Watts
Year 12	Abbi McKay
Year 13	Chantal McLaren
Year 13	Harry McEwan
	& Louie Anderson

 

Students of the Year

UNIT	Tyler Haxton
Year 7	Emily Draycott
Year 8	Daniel Wyper
Year 9	Kiezer Upfold
Year 10	Sullivan Rymarz
Year 11	Daniel Ferreira
Year 12	Kyle Murray
Year 13	Lauren Shirlaw