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DLT CEO Statement: Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II
Fri 09 Sep 2022DLT CEO Statement: Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II
Djanogly Learning Trust has issued a statement following the death of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II.
Liz Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Djanogly Learning Trust, said: “We would like to express our deepest sympathies to the Royal Family following the passing of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II.
“We will observe the national mourning period and pay tribute to the Queen’s long standing service and reign whilst continuing to support our pupils and staff during this time.”
Liz Anderson
CEO
National Leader of Education
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Mrs Sue Harrison retires after 30 years!
Tue 27 Jul 2021Teaching assistant remembers career highlights from 30 years as retirement calls
Pupils and staff at Djanogly Northgate Academy are saying farewell this summer to a long serving teaching assistant.
Sue Harrison has completed 30 years’ service at the school having started as a support assistant in 1991.
Sue said: “What I have most enjoyed about the job is supporting the children and working as part of a team.”
Sue progressed to become a special needs teaching assistant. During the last 10 years she has been working with Year 6 children.
Her most recent job role has been as the lead teaching assistant at Djanogly Northgate Academy, where she has concentrated on helping children in booster groups.
Sue has seen many changes over three decades including five headteachers and the growth of the school after it became an academy under Liz Anderson’s leadership, and she has many proud moments.
She explained: “My proudest moments include supporting a child who was at Level 2 in maths to reach Level 4. Another proud moment was when I was working with a Reading Rocks group that were so in tune with one another it was a joy to have discussions with them. The group knew exactly what was expected of them.”
Other memorable moments include dressing up as a lobster at the Under the Sea themed summer fair and an incident one Christmas when children were allowed to bring food from home for parties. Sue recalled: “We had a little boy who wanted to bring chicken in. He certainly did - it was a full frozen chicken with the wrapper still on!”
Sue has mixed feelings about retiring. She explained: “This has been my life for 30 years. It will be a wrench leaving but I will also be glad to have some time for me. I’m planning to travel around the UK and also visit my grandchildren in Germany. I want to start making my homemade greeting cards again. Not setting my alarm clock at 5.20am every morning will be a novelty for me!”
Liz Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Djanogly Learning Trust, said: “I would like to thank Sue for her long standing service to Djanogly Northgate Academy – she has made a fantastic contribution over the years and I wish her all the very best for her retirement.”
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Djanogly Learning Trust celebrates its 10th birthday.
Thu 22 Jul 2021Djanogly Learning Trust celebrates its 10th birthday with pupils and staff
Djanogly Learning Trust is celebrating a major milestone this month.
The Trust turns 10-years-old on August 1st, 2021 and Djanogly Northgate Academy will be joining in the celebrations.
Pupils and staff at the Trust’s eight schools across the East Midlands are marking the occasion with a series of celebrations.
Due to current circumstances pupils and staff at Djanogly Northgate will be having a celebration event early in September. In this way we are able to mark the 10th Anniversary like all our other Academies.
“A 10 year partnership is something truly remarkable and well deserving of a recognition event. The children and staff at Northgate have benefited from being a part of a larger family of schools as well as being able to play their own part in this collaboration. The children at Northgate really do benefit from being part of the Djanogly family of schools.” Said Donna Humphries Head teacher at Northgate.
Liz Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Djanogly Learning Trust, said: “It’s a great feeling to reach this milestone. I am incredibly proud of our pupils and staff, and what we have achieved together as part of our successful growing family of schools.”
She added: “Our aim is to provide the best possible opportunities to ensure that our children thrive and succeed and develop resilience to face challenges - that ethos unites all of our academies.”
Highlights during the last decade include enhancing the quality of teaching and learning resulting in Ofsted ‘good’ grades for Djanogly Northgate Academy and Djanogly Strelley Academy.
Djanogly City Academy, which is also Ofsted graded ‘good’, is the highest performing secondary school in Nottingham for students’ progress, according to the government’s last performance tables published in 2019 prior to the pandemic.
The Trust opened Djanogly Sherwood Academy to meet increased demand for places in 2018. Its family of schools has grown further with Springfield Academy, Langley Mill Academy and Kensington Academy joining in the last four years.
The emergence of the pandemic has meant adjusting to new challenges during the last 18 months putting safety measures in place, adapting to home learning and supporting families with food parcels.
Liz Anderson added: “I would like to thank our pupils, and their families, for their resilience, patience and support, as well our staff for their incredible response to the biggest challenge we have faced responding to the pandemic. It has been a real team effort.”
All of the Trust’s schools - Djanogly City Academy, Djanogly Northgate Academy, Djanogly Strelley Academy, Djanogly Sherwood Academy and Springfield Academy in Nottingham as well as Laceyfields Academy in Heanor, Langley Mill Academy in Langley Mill and Kensington Academy in Ilkeston - are supporting the celebrations with activities such as party games, sports activities and picnics.
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Press Release
Fri 28 May 2021Press Release
Issue date: May 27th, 2021
Pictured: Djanogly Northgate Academy’s Paul Manders is retiring as site manager after 18 years’ service.
Djanogly Northgate Academy’s site manager retires after 18 years
Djanogly Northgate Academy’s site manager is hanging up his keys and taking retirement after 18 years’ service at the school.
Over the years, Paul Manders has worked alongside four headteachers and ensured the school safely meets the needs of 1000s of children from the New Basford community.
He has seen a lot of changes during that time. Paul also met his partner Sharon at the school on Suez Street. Sharon is a dinner lady and has worked at Djanogly Northgate Academy for 17 years. Paul’s last day at work is May 28th, 2021.
Paul said: “I have a lot of fond memories, and I will miss the staff and children. What I’ve enjoyed most about the job is being around the children and providing them with a service, as well as working with colleagues and being part of the team who solve their problems.
“I’ve also enjoyed helping at the school summer and winter fairs, which are always great to be a part of. We have a fantastic team of staff that run stalls and games and really make events special for our community.”
He added: “When Mrs Anderson took over, I saw a dramatic change with more children and bigger and new buildings. The school doubled in size and we knew we were part of something bigger from then on!
“My routine is definitely going to change with retirement. It will feel strange not having to get up at 5:00am. I have an allotment and I will spend more time in the garden. I grow courgettes, potatoes, strawberries and I love to grow chrysanthemum flowers.”
Mel Spouge, Administrative Assistant, Djanogly Northgate Academy, said: “The staff have lovely memories of Paul. He is always telling jokes and brightens the mornings, and we will miss starting the day with his cheeky smile.”
Liz Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Djanogly Learning Trust, said: “Paul is a long-serving member of the Djanogly family. From my time as Headteacher, through to CEO, Paul has ensured the school has been kept to a high standard, and always clean and tidy for our community.”
She added: “More importantly, no matter what the day would bring, it would always be an environment that was safe and ready for our children to learn. We have fond memories of the time Paul has shared with us all at Djanogly Northgate Academy. He will be missed and we wish him all the best on his journey into retirement.”
Djanogly Learning Trust has a strong track record for raising aspirations and achievement and runs several successful primary and secondary schools in the region. Visit www.djanogly.org. Follow us @DjanoglyT
About Djanogly Learning Trust
Djanogly Learning Trust is a successful, growing multi academy trust that sponsors eight schools in the East Midlands. They are Djanogly City Academy on Gregory Boulevard and Sherwood Rise, Djanogly Northgate Academy on Suez Street, and Djanogly Strelley Academy on Helston Drive - which are all Ofsted graded ‘good’ - as well as Djanogly Sherwood Academy on Sherwood Rise, Laceyfields Academy on Laceyfields Road in Heanor, Langley Mill Academy on Bailey Brook Crescent in Langley Mill, Springfield Academy on Lawton Drive and Kensington Academy on St John’s Road in Ilkeston. Visit www.djanogly.org. Follow us @DjanoglyT
Media contact
Mary Hampshire, Public Relations Consultant
Email: mary@maryhampshire.com
Telephone: 07985 779078
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Fish and Chip festival
Mon 17 May 2021On Thursday 20th May we will be having a Fish & Chip festival on the field (weather permitting) . If your child is free school meals then they will automatically be ordered one on the day. If your child is not free school meals then you can pay for one by sending £2.10 in a sealed envelope to your childs Class Teacher. Your child can also still bring in a packed lunch on that day if they wish.
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Swimming coming soon!
Mon 17 May 2021Swimming will be available for years 3,4 & 6 from June onwards. Details of swimming days and times will be sent home in due course.
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In the News - Election fever hits Northgate!
Wed 11 Dec 2019You might have seen us on the BBC local news last week - the children did us proud as the BBC filmed part of our election process.
Read on below to find out more about what we have been doing:
This week we are running a mock general election in the run up to the real one.
Thursday just like in the rest of the UK it is election day here at Northgate.
Children from year 3 upwards have been forming their own political parties focussed on the issues they care about.
In groups of three or four, they have also written manifestos and held mock hustings with each class in the school voting for the most persuasive party and team presentation.
We’ve had a fantastic response from our pupils who feel strongly about a range of different issues and they have been expressing that during a series of class hustings.
Our mock general election helps prepare our pupils to play an active part in society, aids their understanding of the democratic process and inspires them to develop ideas to improve the world around them.
Pupils’ campaign ideas have covered a range of topics including lifestyle issues such as encouraging children to exercise more and to eat more healthily, having more recycling bins in school and reducing plastic in pack lunches, doing more to help the homeless and raising taxes amongst higher earners to help public services such as the NHS.
here are some of the views of our children on what's important to them:
“Children and adults need to do more about climate change because it is really important,” Kristyna Chuckwuji aged 9.
“Children should do more exercise so they can get fitter and healthier,” Alex Curry, aged 9.
“We were learning about how to change and improve school and the environment by voting,” Ajijan Thavakumar, aged 8.
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200 Sleep out at the City Ground - including our very own Ashley Shaw!
Mon 25 Nov 2019Ashley, and his sons Preston and Chase slept out at the City Ground to help raise money for Framework (the housing charity that supports homeless people and people who have issues with housing). Framework have even supported some of our families at Northgate.
Ashley and the boys slept in one of the teepees that the classes made for our Writing Celebration Day.
Recycling and the 5Rs in action in one go!!! Well done to the three of you.
See the Nottingham Post article below.
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/its-way-doing-something-help-3572340
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Making a Difference - WE Day
Wed 13 Nov 2019Last week a group of of our Year 5's went to Nottingham Concert Hall to celebrate how children can make a difference within their school and local community.
it was a fantastic day and the children came back buzzing with enthusiasm.
There's a short video here that Nottingham Forest have created to celebrate the event. A couple of our children appear on it briefly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XurzBu-MxQ
Following on from this some children went to John Quinn Court this week to learn about Dementia Friends. They came back with a real passion for helping people and some ideas for what they could do.
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Desert Rats at Djanogly Northgate
Sun 06 Oct 2019Last week we had the Desert Rats come back to Northgate to work with some of the children in KS2. they had great fun discovering some of the skills needed in the forces and thinking about what they'd like to aspire to in the future.
