With mega thanks again to Fiona Stalker of the BBC, Tony Young from North East Scotland College and the teams of staff and students, Northfield Academy is signing off from another hectic, crazy but amazingly fun and worthwhile BBC School Report Day.
Category Archives: Northfield News
Manchester United trip
On Thursday the 25th February, Northfield Academy Pupils and staffwent on a 7 hour bus journey to Old Trafford to see Manchester United play FC Midtjylland in the Europa League.
The pupils and staff left at 10:30 a.m to get to Manchester for around 6:00 p.m. Then a while before the match they went to the club shop to get some souvenirs. When the match started it was a rocky start for Manchester United; they conceded a goal then equalized at half time.
During the break a message board displayed a welcome message for Northfield Academy. Late in the second half Manchester United showed their true side and scored 4 goals! Teachers and pupils celebrated Manchester United’s big win. On the journey back people on the coach had a good sleep and arrived back at the school at 5:00 a.m – most made it in for the rest of the school day after a shower and an hour of sleep!
Parkour interview
On Tuesday lunch time the BBC News Report Team interviewed Mr Halcrow, a Northfield Academy P.E teacher who is in charge of the Parkour club. We also interviewed some of his Parkour club members to research what parkour is and the benefits from doing it. From the interview we found out that parkour is jumping from bars and somersault, Mr Halcrow told us the benefits of parkour he said the benefits are keeping fit and having fun.
For more information you can go parkour club on Tuesday lunch time.
The Northfield Fox
For some time now Northfield Academy and surrounding areas has been visited nightly by a fox. Each time ‘George’, as we have named him, is spotted he is less and less scared of us. This bring into question are foxes becoming more urbanised. With new and exciting developments popping up here there and everywhere, are we disturbing there routine? This ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ is very camera shy, even though he has been spotted by many.
If you have seen him, tweet a picture to @northfieldaca or email the school: northfieldacademy@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Aberdeen Football Club Conference
As part of the BBC School News Report 2016 for the third time Northfield Academy and Dyce Academy pupils got the chance to interview two Aberdeen Football Club players, Scott Wright and Barry Robson. To prepare we had set questions to ask both players which were both fun and informative, the interview was a success as we got to find out a little bit about the players off the pitch and how they train. Questions included: What was the first football team you played for? What inspired you to play football? and How much training do you have to do to prepare for a match?
The answers were interesting as it was from two different point of views as Scott is younger and has recently joined the team where as Barry was older and more experienced within the team.
Check back later to find out what they said.
BBC School Report 2016
Northfield Academy is delighted to be involved with BBC School Report in 2016.
On March 10th, check this site for details of or journalists work. We will be working with North East Scotland College and Fiona Stalker of the BBC to build our journalistic skills, as well as bringing you up to date information about specific projects, such as Aberdeen’s Third Don Crossing, the successes of Aberdeen Football Club and career opportunities in the local area.
You can follow us on the school Facebook and Twitter.
