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Christmas Craft workshop
October issue of Ozone now ready to download
Extended Services Team scoop awards
Join The Vibe Team and read the latest edition
Go-karting a fun reward for volunteer litter-pickers
Academies' staff help the people of Gomel
Read the latest edition of Ozone
GCSE results are in
Students ecstatic over A Level results
Brenchley Garden music festival rocks
Download the latest edition of Ozone
Family fun this summer!
International Student Voice Network
Celebrations at Mid Kent College
Fruit Week!
Music acts shine at Jam Factor auditions
Download the new edition of Ozone
Healthy eating is just the ticket
Fruit tasting
Last chance to audition for live music festival
Ladies complete Race for Life
Calling all youth bands
Maidstone’s first International Student Conference
Doing their bit for the environment
Lambing Day packed with families
Everyone ‘nose' they look good in fancy dress
Sample fun family activities for FREE
Ceremony celebrates start of building work at NLL Academy
Celebration recognises the most improved schools
Microsoft world leaders in education visit academy
Academies win national award!
NLL forges training link with China
Archived News
Date: 03/11/2009
Christmas Craft workshop
Greenfields Primary, New Line Learning Academy and Cornwallis Academy have teamed up to bring you winter family fun. Bring the whole family to Greenfields Primary on Saturday 28 November from 10.30am to 12pm to create cards, advent calendars, dec…
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Date: 16/10/2009
October issue of Ozone now ready to download
The October edition of student magazine Ozone is now available to download. There's great autumn coats and jackets on our fashion page, find out when pop band N-Dubz is touring in Kent and enter our competitions on P9 to win Buckmore Park goo…
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Date: 08/10/2009
Extended Services Team scoop awards
The Federation's Extended Services Team has been recognised as providing a quality service at both New Line Learning Academy and Cornwallis Academy. Manager of the department, Alison Elliott, received her awards from KCC officials at Bradbour…
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Date: 06/10/2009
Join The Vibe Team and read the latest edition
Do you enjoy writing, design or photography? Then why not join The Vibe team who meet once a month in Maidstone town centre to produce this fantastic magazine. The team is made up of students from seven secondary schools in Maidstone who…
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Date: 22/09/2009
Go-karting a fun reward for volunteer litter-pickers
A go-karting session was the reward given to students from NLL and Cornwallis Academies who recently helped out on a town centre litter-pick organised by Maidstone Council. The 10 youngsters raced around the circuit at Buckmore Park and for s…
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Date: 21/09/2009
Academies' staff help the people of Gomel
Lions clubs from Kent, including Maidstone and Swale, completely filled a transporter lorry with aid to be taken to Gomel in Belarus. The people there still suffer from the Chernobyl disaster and life expectancy is very low. Many people are d…
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Date: 01/09/2009
Read the latest edition of Ozone
The September edition of student magazine Ozone is now ready for you to download. It's packed full of student news, there's some electric autumn fashion, an interview with former Cornwallis pupil Diana Bray who's now a Practice Nurse in Langley&…
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Date: 27/08/2009
GCSE results are in
GCSE results have risen yet again at Cornwallis Academy and NLL Academy. Head of Cornwallis, David Simons, said: "The Cornwallis Academy is delighted to report that we have gained another year of record-breaking results. The students hav…
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Date: 20/08/2009
Students ecstatic over A Level results
From 10am this morning pupils piled into the sixth form area at Cornwallis Academy to find out their A Level results. They were hugs all round between friends and staff as students ripped open their envelopes to discover what grades they had…
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Date: 10/08/2009
Brenchley Garden music festival rocks
Eleven youth bands and solo artists from Kent showcased their talents at Maidstone's Jam in the Park music festival on Saturday 8 August. The event took place from 1pm - 7pm in Brenchley Gardens and saw acts as young as age 13 performing in f…
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Date: 17/07/2009
Download the latest edition of Ozone
July's edition of Ozone is packed with student's news, an interview with former Olympic champion Kelly Holmes, summer fashion, reviews, competitions and loads of ideas of places to go across the county with friends and family in the summer holiday…
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Date: 17/07/2009
Family fun this summer!
Bell Wood Primary, Greenfields Primary, New Line Learning Academy and Cornwallis Academy have teamed up to bring you fun Summer Family Trips. Bring the whole family to watch a film at the Odeon on Thursday 6 August at 10am. Click here for more i…
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Date: 14/07/2009
International Student Voice Network
The 4th ISVN was held at New Line Learning Academy. It was yet another opportunity for international students to gather and share their thoughts, get acquainted with the forthcoming events in summer break and also have fun with music and game…
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Date: 30/06/2009
Celebrations at Mid Kent College
Students from NLL and Cornwallis Academies were presented awards at a special ceremony held exclusively for our students at Mid Kent College, Maidstone. Parents, friends and staff from both academies attended the ceremony on Tuesday 23 June…
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Date: 12/06/2009
Fruit Week!
Following the success of the fruits testing last week, catering manager, Thierry Leroy is continuing the process of encouraging students to eat more fruit by the introduction of Fruit Week, at both Academies. Week beginning 15 June will see plenty…
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Date: 10/06/2009
Music acts shine at Jam Factor auditions
Youth bands and solo artists took to the stage at The Exchange Studio in Maidstone for the Jam Factor auditions held on Sunday 7 June from 12pm - 6pm. Each of the 18 acts from all over the county performed two songs to a panel of five student…
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Date: 08/06/2009
Download the new edition of Ozone
June's edition of Ozone is packed with students news, an interview with the leader of Maidstone Borough Council, prom fashion, reviews, competitions and lots more. Download your copy now by clicking here.…
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Date: 08/06/2009
Healthy eating is just the ticket
Friday 05 June saw the launch of the Healthy Eating Raffle at both Cornwallis and New Line Learning Academies. When students buy or have a healthy meal from the canteen they will get a free ticket which will be entered into raffle and be drawn in…
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Date: 03/06/2009
Fruit tasting
Students at both Cornwallis and New Line Learning Academy got to try out a variety of fruit in a free tasting at break and lunchtime yesterday (Tuesday 2 June). The Academies' supplier, PK Produce, brought in an array of fresh fruit including deli…
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Date: 01/06/2009
Last chance to audition for live music festival
If you're a youth band or solo artist and fancy performing ‘live' at this year's Jam in the Park music festival at Brenchley Gardens in Maidstone on Saturday 8 August 2009 - now is your last chance to audition. Jam Factor auditions are…
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Date: 18/05/2009
Ladies complete Race for Life
Well done to all our female members of staff from across the Federation who took part in this year's Race for Life at Mote Park in Maidstone on Sunday 17 May. The weather was atrocious but that didn't stop our ladies doing their bit for Cancer…
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Date: 08/05/2009
Calling all youth bands
Do you fancy playing live at this summer's Jam in the Park music festival at Brenchley Gardens in Maidstone on Saturday 8 August? Well here's your chance. Auditions are being held at The Zebra Bar in King Street, Maidstone, on Sunday 7 June fr…
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Date: 06/05/2009
Maidstone’s first International Student Conference
European pupils have been attending an International Student Conference called ‘Our Future' at Cornwallis Academy. The youngsters, from Germany, France and Finland, joined students from secondary schools in Maidstone for the two-day eve…
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Date: 01/04/2009
Doing their bit for the environment
Students from New Line Learning Academy and Cornwallis Academy joined borough councillors and members of the community to clear litter from a path which runs alongside Brenchley Gardens and Maidstone East Station. The 13 pupils volunteered the…
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Date: 30/03/2009
Lambing Day packed with families
Hundreds of families turned up for the annual Lambing Day at New Line Learning Academy Farm on Sunday 29 March and had a spectacular time in the spring sunshine. Children enthusiastically petted the newborn lambs and some had photographs take…
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Date: 12/03/2009
Everyone ‘nose' they look good in fancy dress
Students at New Line Learning Academies decided to start fundraising early in support of Red Nose Day and yesterday (11 March) left their uniforms at home and wore fancy dress for a fee of £1. Sixth formers and some brave staff at Cornw…
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Date: 09/03/2009
Sample fun family activities for FREE
New Line Learning Academy is opening its doors to the community so families can sample a range of FREE activities during a Taster Day on Saturday 28 March. Fun activities that will operate in our state-of-the-art learning plaza from 10am - 2pm w…
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Date: 27/02/2009
Ceremony celebrates start of building work at NLL Academy
A sod-cutting ceremony was held on Thursday 26 February to mark construction of the new build at New Line Learning Academy. Key speakers at the event were KCC Leader Cllr Paul Carter - who also climbed aboard a digger to help dig the first hole…
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Date: 25/02/2009
Celebration recognises the most improved schools
Specialist schools and academies that have significantly improved their GCSE results have been recognised by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust at a celebration dinner in London. All 587 schools that met at least one of the criteria d…
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Date: 16/01/2009
Microsoft world leaders in education visit academy
More than 100 Microsoft world leaders in education attended a conference at New Line Learning Academy in Maidstone yesterday (15 January). This global conference showcased NLL Academy as an example of an innovative school focusing on state-of-the…
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Date: 09/12/2008
Academies win national award!
Plans for the South Maidstone Academies Federation won the Best BSF Academy category at the national Excellence in BSF Awards 2008 on Wednesday night (26 November). The category focused on excellence in partnership working to deliver an Acade…
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Date: 04/11/2009
NLL forges training link with China
Educators in Shanghai, China, are now being trained in Emotional Literacy by trainers from New Line Learning Federation in Maidstone. The Emotional Literacy (EL) programmes for teachers and students have been developed by renowned psychologis…
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