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Teaching CPR to staff and students on @ResusCouncilUK Restart A Heart Day gives people the confidence to act quickly when it's needed the most. If someone has a cardiac arrest, without prompt action, a life can be lost in a matter of minutes. #RestartAHeartDay

To help parents with planning for upcoming food practical lessons for Y7 & Y9 please see the attached lesson information from now until half term.

Today we were very excited to welcome the band 5West to CVA to perform their new music as well as some well known covers. The students really loved the high energy performance.

As well as celebrating students achievements in school It's also great to hear about the achievements of students who are doing well in clubs outside of school hours. Well done to Tilly Hymers, Y11, who in her psare time belongs to a boxing club and has already achieved 2 wins in 2 weeks, a brilliant start to the season. Tilly will get to train in Dagenham on Saturday with the England talent pathway squad. This event allows the induction of more boxers into the Talent Programme and allows the programme to be tailored to the boxer’s ability, requirements and future potential.

What a great atmosphere at tonights Open Evening. If you weren't able to come along and you would like to have a look around our fantastic academy please feel free to pop in anytime.

Castle View Academy is celebrating after one of its very own students was named British Wheelchair Basketball’s “Female of the Year”.

Year 11 student Maddison Martin, who was born with Spina Bifida, was given the prestigious Peter Jackson Female Player of the Year Award at the British Junior Wheelchair Championships at the beginning of August.

Maddie, who was inspired to get into wheelchair basketball after watching the 2012 London Paralympics, has had a highly successful year competing in the national GB team as well as the South East regional team.

The award recognised how rapidly Maddie has risen up the ranks of wheelchair basketball.  Starting her career at an accessible disability sports club where she played for fun, Maddie has trained exceptionally hard to become an U24 GB International and U24 European Gold medal winner.  Her incredible journey has been shared across the global wheelchair basketball community with well-renowned Turkish Wheelchair Basketball player Murat Sultan writing a piece in Turkish media.  Japanese Para Sports Magazine has also recently posted about Maddie and her amazing journey.

Maddie has now set her sights on being selected for the GB Team at the Tokyo Paralympics next year.  She’ll be training hard to achieve this goal whilst also studying for her GCSEs next summer.

Christian Down, Principal of Castle View Academy, said:
We are all incredibly proud of what Maddie is achieving.  Her determination to overcome any obstacle and reach her goals is truly astounding.  She is an inspiration to everyone within the school and we wish her all the best as she seeks to secure a place at the Paralympics.

It's been a fantastic week of celebrations this week with all students getting their ROA results. The students are really engaging with the ROA's, as such, every day there has been a wave of excitment in the academy as students opened their envelopes and then went on to attend their celebration assemblies to mark the end of the academic year. #Excellenceinallwedo #CVProud

This week we welcomed NHS staff in to run two days of sex and relationships workshops with our year 9 and 10 students. Further information about the topics discussed can be found at www.letstalkaboutit.nhs.uk

Our Year 9 students took part in the LionHeart Challenge on the 15th July. This involved students taking part in a high energy business challenge, working together in groups, to come up with a business proposal based on a social theme that they consider to be important to them.