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11/12/24

🚨 Netball Fixtures 🚨 Due to minibus issues tonight’s year 7 & 9 netball games against OPA will be rescheduled for the new year.

09/12/24

Well done to year 7 girls football team. Starting the season off strong with a 7-0 win! 🔥 ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/zjQweFWwMg

08/12/24

Year 7/8 girls on the football trip to the emirates are on the way back home. ETA to the academy is 5:30pm traffic dependent.

08/12/24

Seated and ready for kick off at the Emirates! Thank you Lord Harris for the tickets ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/3WzXPZ89aQ

08/12/24

Our year 7/8 girls have arrived at the Emirates for todays game ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/NDuyhdJzAH

03/12/24

Y7 Christmas markets trip are on the way home. ETA 6.30 - 7pm pic.twitter.com/VrSDcoxvee

29/11/24

HAOC Students having fun learning from . pic.twitter.com/Dve1LkgFhg

25/11/24

Well done to our year 8’s on their first game of the season with a 11-4 win 🥳 pic.twitter.com/GE57rBVxT9

13/11/24

Some students from years 8 - 10 visited High House Production Park to explore the ideas of costume and stage design. We were lucky enough to see real life set being built, painted and assembled for The Royal Opera house. Then students were able to design their own costumes. pic.twitter.com/pw2UCyL2gg

05/11/24

Sixth Form Open Evening – Thursday 21st November 5.00-7.00pm.We are delighted to welcome internal and external students to HAOC for our Sixth Form Open Evening, where you will have the opportunity to meet with staff and current students.https://t.co/f9lPmUCgtG

05/11/24

Sixth Form Open Evening – Thursday 21st November 5.00-7.00pm.We are delighted to welcome internal and external students to HAOC for our Sixth Form Open Evening, where you will have the opportunity to meet with staff and current students to find out more about our Sixth Form.

08/10/24

Year 10 drama students have all created wonderful homework based on Drama Practitioners we have been studying this half term. Here are a few excellent examples. pic.twitter.com/cS6fJ9k7p8

04/10/24

Three of our talented students have had their final Harris in Harmony rehearsal today ahead of next weeks performance! Can not wait to watch them. pic.twitter.com/lJDXHJYHGP

03/10/24

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01/10/24

Year 10 were lucky enough to experience a workshop by last Friday, in which they got to explore the use of movement and the written word. This will enable them to be more physical in future projects! Thanks hope to work with you again soon. pic.twitter.com/aQ7PGDjAdg

25/09/24

🚨 U16 Netball Rally 🚨 was due to take place on Monday 30th September. This has been postponed. Netball club will continue as normal after school on Monday.

23/09/24

HAOC is welcoming Yr 6 students into the academy for an Open Evening on Thursday 26th September from 5.00-7.00pm. We look forward to seeing you there! For full details and to BOOK YOUR PLACE click below. https://t.co/Ef6Ki9a8EO

19/09/24

Some of our sports leaders completing a blindfolded obstacle course to work on their communication and teamwork. pic.twitter.com/Rl9CRNLYPh

17/09/24

Exciting and positive start to Year 7 Performing Arts Enrichments today. pic.twitter.com/RpGXWEH9Pc

16/09/24

Excellent turn out for netball club tonight. pic.twitter.com/UK850o8QYn

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Literacy Overview

What is our vision?

We believe literacy is powerful knowledge, so we make it stick. Academically, it enables students to read, write and speak like experts across a multitude of disciplines. This is why it is our vision to expand their vocabulary, allowing them to communicate with increasing confidence, fluency and comprehension. We want to foster a culture of reading across the school in which students read ambitious and diverse texts for pleasure, whilst gaining cultural capital. We want our students to develop the habits that enable them to read and speak with fluency and confidence throughout their academic journey and in later life.

Beyond academia, high levels of literacy will enable our students to flourish in a world beyond education that is fast-paced and rapidly changing. They will have the tools to become active citizens in which they ensure their voice is heard through challenging injustice and becoming part of the national conversation. Effective communication skills will ensure our students can articulate their emotions, own their relationships and compete in an ambitious and competitive labour market. High levels of literacy is therefore a social justice issue as it directly correlates to students living happy, healthy and successful lives no matter their starting point.

How do we turn our vision into a reality?

Drawing on the Education Endowment Foundation’s ‘Improving literacy in secondary schools’, HAOC has identified five key principles for the intent and implementation of whole school literacy:

  1. Disciplinary vocabulary is specified in the curriculum and enables students to write and speak like experts
  2. Vocabulary is explicitly instructed
  3. Reading is prioritised and guided with vocabulary signposted
  4. Writing opportunities are structured
  5. Oracy is prioritised, modelled and structured