Year: 2022
Y10 Work Experience 3rd – 7th July 23
15 Dec 2022
Parent & Student Work Experience Form 2023
Employer Work Experience Form 2023
One of the exciting opportunities in Year 10 is work experience. Most students enjoy experiencing the world of work first hand. Furthermore, with the current economic environment, employers place a high value on relevant work experience and an opportunity to demonstrate good employability skill.
The Benefits of work Experience
Work experience helps students to:
- Understand the world of work
- Improve and appreciate their skills and talents
- Gain confidence
- Accept the importance of school work and achieving good qualifications
- Gain knowledge of particular jobs or careers
20 pupils aged 14 – 17 years, from Nottingham City Schools [including Park Vale Academy] took part in a unique week of work experience, Monday 8 – Friday 12 July 2019. Hosted by Nottingham Contemporary and delivered in partnership with Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, New Art Exchange and Backlit Gallery. They took part in experiences with artists, programmers, curators and technicians across venues and gained an insight into the variety of careers within the arts.
https://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/exchange/work-experience/
LMI: Living and Working in Nottingham
15 Dec 2022
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A Christmas Carol comes to PVA December 2022
15 Dec 2022
It’s a cold, bleak, biting Christmas Eve and old miser Scrooge is not full of the Christmas spirit. In fact he hates Christmas…(“humbug!” he calls it.) But on returning home he suddenly finds himself visited by four ghostly apparitions come to teach him a lesson; his old partner Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To Come.
“If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart….”
But as Christmas day dawns are these apparitions and their dire warnings enough to make Scrooge see the error of his ways?
Michael Whitmore’s faithful new adaptation is taken exclusively from the original text, capturing the spirit and style of this Dickens classic whilst reinforcing the key quotations from the book. The production at Park Vale Academy was to support Year 10 students with their GCSE study, and allow them to see an interpretation of the text being performed.
Flu Vaccination Years 7,8 and 9 – Friday 16th December 2022
13 Dec 2022
Park Vale Academy Production of ‘Jingle Bell Rock’
7 Dec 2022
The school’s Christmas production will be performed on Thursday 15th December. Doors open at 5:00pm with the performance starting at 5.30pm. Staff and students are working exceptionally hard on their preparation for this, and we all very much look forward to what will be a fantastic evening.
Charity Bake Sale Supporting the Bee Humble Charity for the Homeless
7 Dec 2022
The academy re-opens on Wednesday 4 January -all students returning for the normal start time of 8.45 am.
6 Dec 2022
The academy will close for the Christmas holiday at lunchtime (12.20 pm) on Wednesday 21 December. If students on FSM would like to collect a lunch before they go home, grab-bags will be available.
The academy will then re-open in the New Year on Wednesday 4 January with all students returning for the normal start time of 8.45 am.
Money information and advice
30 Nov 2022
Christmas can be an expensive time of year. To help with the cost of living crisis, Nottingham City Council have provided the attached leaflet. The leaflet summarises useful information and advice about money and the support services available in Nottingham. For more information please visit www.asklion.co.uk/money
Free School Meals vouchers and Holiday Clubs this Christmas!
30 Nov 2022
Pupils entitled to Free School Meals (FSM) are set to benefit from extra support this Christmas holiday including:
– Supermarket e-vouchers – A £30 voucher per pupil will be distributed before the end of term.
– Holiday Activity Clubs offering a free lunch – Places can be booked by visiting www.asklion.co.uk/funandfood
– Money information and advice – Nottingham City Council have provided the attached leaflet outlining useful information about money and support services in Nottingham. For more information please visit www.asklion.co.uk/money
Award Winning Author Visit 30th November 2022
29 Nov 2022
A group of 16 students met the award winning author of ‘The Bubble Boy’ and ‘All the Things That Could Go Wrong’. Author Stewart Foster will be discussing his novels; the writing process; how he managed to be resilient and bounce back from rejection and the themes in his stories, which include bullying and coping with illness. Students had the opportunity to ask lots of questions and take part in some workshop style thought-provoking activities.
Stewart will then be available to sign books and chat to all students. Students who had previously read and enjoyed one of Stewart’s books were invited to chat to him about the stories and characters.
