Top students at Newark’s Magnus Church of England Academy receive awards at prize-giving
Top academy students have been rewarded for their endeavours at the school’s annual prize-giving.
Students at the Magnus Church of England Academy in Newark were given prizes that recognised the diverse ways people contribute to the school community.
The day celebrated the students who live by the academy’s values — determination, integrity, ambition, humility and compassion.
The school’s headteacher, Anna Martin said: “At Magnus, we believe in choice, that we all have a choice and that we make choices every day.
“We believe we are all free to choose, but we are not free from the consequences of our choices. We also recognise that choice is not easy, that sometimes we have too much choice and it is often hard to know what is the right thing to choose?
“In a world that tells us “if it feels good, just do it” we can be fooled into thinking, the right choice is the easiest, the one that makes us feel the best.
“But is this always the case?
“This year, we have spent time together looking at our core values and how we can use these as a compass to help us make good and wise choices, choices that will bring us into full life, and not just those that will give us a quick fix.”
Various awards were given recognising the academy’s values of determination, integrity, ambition, humility, compassion, 100% attendance, avid reader and top iChoose points.
Special awards such as sportsperson of the year and value prizes were also given.
The awards ceremony started with a Magnus Swing Band performance and the introductory speech by the academy’s headteacher.
The values awards from year seven to year 12 are as follows:
Year seven, determination: Jemimah Miller, Riley Grimston; integrity: Olivia Cragg, Lewis Duffle; ambition: Mila Bolanos-Martin, Lang Di Chung; humility: Izzy Kirtley, Oliver Ord; compassion: Myla Gibson, Samuel Parkin; 100% attendance: Izzy Kirtley, Ellyana Obeng; avid reader: Jemima Miller; top iChoose points: Oliver White, Izzy Kirtley.
Year eight, determination: Holly Pask, Harley Grierson; integrity: Mirren MacNish, Leo White; ambition: Niamh Bunn, Franklin Dhliwayo; humility: Irina-Naomi Visan, Demmy Jiboku; compassion: Phoebe Cox, Freddie Pillips; avid reader: Holly Pask; top iChoose Points: Phoebe Cox, Demmy Jiboky.
Year nine, determination: Megan Fox, Isaac Cheng; integrity: Beatrice Cullen, Bruce Ye; ambition: Adebanke Alabi, Alec White; humility: Mia Golebiowska, Sam Kirtley; compassion: Jacob Mulholland, Sammie-Anne Boby; 100% attendance: Adebanke Alabi, Scott Brown, Isaac Cheng, Imogen Dunn, Megan Fox, Noah Kerridge, Sam Kirtley, Wame Mogae, Sarah Simon, Blanka Szymczak, Luke Wilkinson, Lois Wilson; avid reader: Adebanke Alabi, Beatrice Cullen; top iChoose points: Beatrice Cullen, Isaac Cheng.
Year 10, determination: Jake Greenwood, Leanne Dark; integrity: Rugile Tamasauske, Bailey Purves; ambition: Isa Lautaru, Precious Jikobu; humility: Niesha Fernandes, Louie Wheeldon; compassion: Beth Hillbeck, Connor Davies; 100% attendance: Rugile Tamasauske; top iChoose points: Lucy Pereira, Bailey Purves.
Year 12, determination: Ellis Samuels, Evie Richards; integrity: Harry-Jame Mackintosh, Evie Fenton; ambition: Elita Coggan, Luke Walker; humility: Esme Potter; Shaun Sillvan; compassion: Darcy Brain, Arthur Dos Santos; 100% attendance: Elita Coggan, Esme Potter; top behaviour points: Vanesa Burneckaite, Luke Harrison.
Subject awards, art: Louie Wheeldon, child development: Imogen Tustin; construction: Macauley Brace; dance: Amy Wilkinson; drama: Imogen Tustin; english: Isa Lautaru; enterprise: Alfie Stevenson; geography: Kaitlyn Prior; history: Scarlett Rasen; hospitality: Leanne Dark; maths: Tia Sullivan; media: Toby Walters; music: Lucy Pereira; religious studies: Hannah Snyder; science: Rugile Tamasauske; sociology: Nicol Krawczyk; spanish: Ellie-May Foster; technology: Kaitlyn Prior.
Special awards, sportsperson of the Year: Harley Webster; Julie Gwinnearth Memorial Performing Arts Award: Precious Jiboku; character: Holly Pask; excellence: Sophia Abd-Ahmed; community: Sara Tutunaru; alumni: Simon Skrzynski-Jarlinski; Sir Andrew Pulford Award: Raluca Scurtulescu.
Sporting success, sports day records, year seven, discus: lang Di Chung.
Year eight, hurdles: William Commons; 100m: Demmy Jiboku; 200m: Demmy Jiboku.
Year nine, discus: Bella Trinity McInnes; triple jump: Raisa Ognyanova; 200m: Raisa Ognyanova; 100m: Ashton-Lee Pugh; 400m: Ashton-Lee Pugh.
Sports teams, year nine boys: Quarter Final of the Football County Cup.
You an do Sport: Winners of the ECFA East Midlands Men’s Regional League.
Outstanding contribution to sport, rowing: April Commons, Maizy-Ann Bell, Megan Fox, Maxell McKeown.
Musical success, instrumental grades, grade two clarinet: Megan Kicks.
Outstanding contribution to musical ensemble: Amber Cunningham.
Outstanding dedication to musical study: Lucy Greenwood.
Outstanding progression in the musical disciplines of performance and composition: Scott Brown.
