Dear Parents/Students

Welcome back to the new term, and welcome to our new starters. We are busy working towards the exam session taking place on 22^nd and 29^th November this term.

We are also looking forward to our Christmas party on December 20^th at the village hall, details are below.

Changes to BTDA Exam marking

It has been announced by the BTDA that from January 2016 they will no longer be awarding the Distinction grade for Prep and Primary level exams. We are letting our parents know now in advance of the November exam sessions, in case the examiner takes the new marking scheme on board early. If you have any queries, please speak to Donna.

New Pin Badges

The BTDA are now offering pin badges for students who have passed Graded Exams (Grade 1-5). These are available for £1, once a student has passed their exam. They are not compulsory. Please see the notice board for further details.

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras rehearsals will resume on Saturday 7^th November from 12pm-1pm. Children who are on the reserve list do not need to attend the rehearsal, but need to keep the performance date of 5^th June free.

Singing

Singing lessons will resume on Saturday 14^th November with our new teacher Thom. He is holding lessons from 3.45 to 4.30 at the village hall, at the cost of £4.00 per lesson. If you haven’t already filled in a form to join the lesson, but would like to, please see Donna.

Showtime 2015 – Spot check report

Thank you again to all who helped back stage during the show. Thanks to all of your hard work we have received a positive report from Nuneaton Borough Council regarding the spot check that took place on the second night of the show. If you would like to see a copy of the report, please see Donna.

Christmas Party – Sunday 20^th December

All children are invited to the academy Christmas party which will take place on Sunday 20^th December as follows:

All First Steps and Junior children 3.00 – 4.30pm
All Inters and Seniors students 5.00 – 7.00pm

Dates For your Diary:

Forthcoming Exams dates 22^nd & 29^th November. More details to follow.
Christmas Party Sunday 20^th December.
Mardi Gras show Sunday 5^th June 2016.

Term Dates 2015

This term: Monday 26^th October to Saturday 19^th December 2015
Closed Monday 21^st December to Saturday 2^nd January

Dear Parents/Students

Congratulations to everyone for such a wonderful performance in the show, you did yourselves and us proud. Thank you to everyone for your lovely messages, cards and gifts, what a wonderful way to celebrate our 20^th anniversary. As soon as the Civic Hall release the final profits we will be able to let you all know how much we have raised for our two charities.

We are busy working towards our next exams that will take place on 28^th June and 5^th July.  A quick note for all First Steps and Juniors taking exams, the ankle socks required are black (not lilac as printed on the exam letter). Thank you!

There are a number of unclaimed raffle prizes left over from the show. If you have any tickets, please check to see if you a winner. The winning numbers are as follows: Pink tickets 621-625, 336-340, 691-695, 581-585, green & white 146-150 and white 386-390, 381-385. We will keep these prizes until 4^th July, and any unclaimed prizes will then be re-raffled amongst the students.

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras rehearsals will resume on Saturday 7^th November from 12pm-1pm. Children who are on the reserve list do not need to attend the rehearsal, but need to keep the performance date of 5^th June free. Debbie Yeomans will be e-mailing confirmation of participants shortly.

Second Hand uniform Table top sale – Saturday 4^th July!!

As we now have a supply of second hand shoes, uniforms, fleeces, sweatshirts and t-shirts, we are going to hold a table top sale. The Senior’s will be organising this. All proceeds on un-named items will go to the Christmas Party fund. The named items will go to the previous owner. The price of each item is £3. Items are still available to buy before this event if anyone is interested, please speak to a member of staff.

Singing

There are no singing lessons for the next term (13/6/15 – 1/8/15). Following the summer, there will be places available in the new class. Donna is in the process of recruiting a new singing teacher, we will issue a letter toward the end of the new term with further details.

We are busy working towards our Open House week in February and Showtime 2015.

Congratulations to Miss Megan Truslove who has gained a place at ‘Stella Mann Stage School’ in Bedford. She will be starting in September.

The Lee Academy 20^th year Anniversary Show is going to be held at Bedworth Civic Hall on

Tuesday 26^th May and Wednesday 27^th May 2015 at 7.00pm.

Please note that this is during school half term. Tuesday will be during the day and evening for rehearsal and performance, and Wednesday will be an evening performance. Further information over page.
Dress rehearsals at the village hall will take place on Saturday 16^th & 23^rd May.

Tickets are now available from The Bedworth Civic Hall Box Office 02476 376707 at £11 each.

Show Administration and Helpers

For some students on the show there is an essential ‘exemption form’ that will need to be completed and signed by parents at the open house sessions.

Dressers/Back stage help – Please could we ask for any parents who hold a current DBS form, who would be willing to help with dressing at the show to register your name with Donna. It is really appreciated, and the show is only able to run as smoothly as it does with the help back stage. Unfortunately, if we don’t have enough help we won’t be able to run our show.

Mens Dance

Calling all Dads, Grandads and Uncles!! The men’s dance will be part of the show, and we would love to see some new faces join in this time. Please see Donna, and register your interest ASAP. Rehearsals will be on Saturday 21^st, 28^th March and Saturday 18^th, 25^th April and Saturday 2^nd, 9^th, 16^th & 23rd May at 3.00-3.30pm.

Costumes for Showtime 2015

We have been given an idea of some of the costume prices for the show. We will be issuing bills as soon as possible, but if anyone would like to speak to Donna in the meantime, please feel free to do so.

Singing

There will be places available in the singing class after the show. Lesia would like singing students to wear a uniform, which will consist of a black polo shirt and either black leggings or jazz pants. This will be worn for lessons and performances, including the show.

We’ve added the photos from the open houses here:

Seniors

Inters

Well done to all students on your fantastic exam results.

Congratulations to Ella Hill and Olivia Yeomans for winning the choreography award – Well done!

Donna x

Welcome back and Happy New Year to everyone, we hope you all had a lovely break. We welcome all new starters to your first term at Lee Academy.
Congratulations to all students for wonderful exam results, certificates are being issued this week.
We are busy working towards our Open House week in February and Showtime 2015.

 Showtime 2015 is going to be held at Bedworth Civic Hall on
Tuesday 26^th May and Wednesday 27^th May 2015.
Dress rehearsals at the village hall will take place on Saturday 16^th & 23^rd May.
Please note that this is during school half term. Tuesday will be during the day and evening for rehearsal and performance, and Wednesday will be an evening performance.

Mardi Gras

Because we will not be doing a Mardi Gras performance before our May show, rehearsals will now be from 12-12.30 only from Saturday 10^th January.
Please speak to Donna or Debbie ASAP if you have any concerns with the above.

 Costumes for Showtime 2015

A polite reminder that all £10 costume deposits should now have paid. Could you please see Donna if there is a problem with this.
Please could all Inter parents confirm with Donna that students are able to take part in all dances in the show. We are aware that the number of costumes required may be a factor. There will be at least 5 costumes for Inters and 6 for those Inters in Mardi Gras.

 Showtime Singing Auditions – Saturday 14^th February

Auditions for ‘Half way up the stairs’ will take place between 9-10.30am, could all first steps and junior students wishing to audition come for the whole class.

Auditions for ‘Reflection’ and ‘The Power of Love’ will take place between 2.00-3.00pm, could all Inters and Seniors wishing to audition be here for the whole hour.

Open House week

Our open house sessions will be as follows:
Seniors – Wednesdsay 25^th February time to be confirmed.
Thursday First Steps – Thursday 26^th February 4.30 to 6.00pm
Juniors – Friday 27^th February 4.30 to 6.15pm
Saturday First Steps – Saturday 28^th February 9.00 to 10.30pm
Inters – Saturday 28^th February time to be confirmed.

Singing

Lesia would like singing students to wear a uniform, which will consist of a black blouse and either black leggings or jazz pants. This will be worn for lessons and performances, including the show.

A polite reminder

Fee invoices are given out on the last lesson of term, these fees are due for payment on the first lesson of the new term. Payment can be made via cheque, cash or BACS. If you require the bank details, please contact Donna. If you pay via BACS, please text Donna on the date the transfer is made. Thank you.

Thank you for your continued support, as always.

Dear Parents/Students

Welcome back to everyone, we hope you all had a lovely summer break. We are excited to start work on our show, details as below. If students are not able to perform in the show, could you please let a member of staff know as soon as possible.

Congratulations go to our Senior dancers who will be off to university this year:

Emma Pickens, studying Biology at Exeter. Sian Owen, studying Early Years at Chester. Ruth Phillips, studying English Literature and Drama at East Anglia. Laura Baxendale, studying Medicine at Leicester.

Also Congratulations to Miss Hannah, who has gained a place at B.O.A. studying Dance, and to Miss Katie who has gained 92% in her penultimate teaching exam.

Advance notice – Showtime 2015

We are excited to announce that Showtime 2015 is going to be held at Bedworth Civic Hall on  Tuesday 26^th May and Wednesday 27^th May 2015.

Please note that this is during school half term. Tuesday will be during the day and evening for rehearsal and performance, and Wednesday will be an evening performance.

Mardi Gras

We will begin choreography from 13th September 2014. Debbie will email everyone as soon as we have any information regarding the dates and deposits.

We would like to reiterate the attendance rules regarding Mardi Gras. From September 13^th 2014 up to and including August 1^st 2015 dancers will only be able to miss a total of 3 weeks Mardi Gras rehearsals.

All Mardi Gras dances will be performed in our show in May. The compulsory dress rehearsals will be May 16^th and 23^rd. All dancers must attend on these dates.

Please speak to Donna or Debbie ASAP if you have any concerns with the above.

BTDA Candidate Registration

Please could you ensure that all of your contact details, including email address, are up to date. This is to assist us in registering all students online for their examinations, which is now compulsory for the BTDA.

If the student has a ULN (Unique Learner Number) from Secondary school, please could you let us have this.

Medal Class

We have places available on Monday from 5.00 – 5.30 for Inters and Seniors to work towards medal tests. Please see Donna if you are interested. For Inters who would like to join this class the cost would be £1 for the half hour lesson.

Singing

Singing lessons next term will finish on 6^th December. On Sunday 7^th December at Brockington College, Enderby, The Lee Academy singing class will be performing in The Musical Village Christmas concert. Please could you let Lesia know as soon as possible if students are unable to attend. For those that are able to attend, please keep the whole day free.

Lesia would like singing students to wear a uniform, which will consist of a black blouse and either black leggings or jazz pants. This will be worn for lessons and performances, including the show.

We are looking into sourcing the black blouses and will update you as soon as possible with order information. We will aim to keep the cost of the blouses to a minimum.

 A polite reminder

Fee invoices are given out on the last lesson of term, these fees are due for payment on the first lesson of the new term. Payment can be made via cheque, cash or BACS. If you require the bank details, please contact Donna. If you pay via BACS, please text Donna on the date the transfer is made. Thank you.

Thank you for your continued support, as always.

Welcome to our Summer Newsletter.  We are working hard towards our exams on Sunday 6th July.

 Advance notice – Showtime 2015

 We are excited to announce that Showtime 2015 is going to be held at Bedworth Civic Hall on

Tuesday 26^th May and Wednesday 27^th May 2015.

Please note that this is during half term. Tuesday will be during the day and evening for rehearsal and performance, and Wednesday will be an evening performance.

 Mardi Gras

We will begin choreography for Mardi Gras from September 2014. If you have returned your slip with your contact details on, you have a place. Donna will be sending a copy of her choreography to audition to Mardi Gras in August. Assuming this will be a success, rehearsals will begin in September and deposits will be asked for soon after. Last time the deposits were £50 per person for all in your party (including non performers).

 We would like to reiterate the attendance rules regarding Mardi Gras. From September 13^th 2014 up to and including August 1^st 2015 dancers will only be able to miss a total of 3 weeks Mardi Gras rehearsals.

All Mardi Gras dances will be performed in our show in May. The compulsory dress rehearsals will be May 16^th and 23^rd. All dancers must attend on these dates.

Please speak to Donna or Debbie ASAP if you have any concerns with the above.

 Hall Closure

There will be no lessons on Friday 11^th and Thursday 17^th July. The bills for the term have been adjusted accordingly.

A polite reminder

Fee invoices are given out on the last lesson of term, these fees are due for payment on the first lesson of the new term. Payment can be made via cheque, cash or BACS. If you require the bank details, please contact Donna. If you pay via BACS, please text Donna on the date the transfer is made. Thank you.

Thank you for your continued support, as always

Donna

Uniform and Dates for your diary

 First steps and Junior uniforms

Please can you order First Steps and Junior uniforms through Donna. A sample of each size will be available to try on before ordering. The cost will be £28.50 payable at the time of ordering, cheques payable to The Lee Academy. All first steps and juniors should wear black ankle socks with their uniforms.

 Inters uniforms

Inters uniform can be purchased from Chorus Line in Hinckley. Contact number is 01455 615533.

 Boys uniform

Boys should wear a Lee Academy top with Jazz pants or black combat/ tracksuit bottoms or an all in one. For exams the uniform is different see Donna if you are uncertain.

 T-Shirts, fleeces and sweatshirts

Please order t-shirts and fleeces from Becky on a Saturday morning between 9.00-10.30am on the above Lee Academy number. Cheques are to be made payable to S V Baldock. We would be grateful for payment at the time of ordering, as we have to pay Mr Baldock at the time of delivery.

 Dates for your diary

New term dates – Monday 16th June – Saturday 2^nd August (a polite reminder to pay your fees on the first day of the term.)

Next term Monday 1^st September 2014 to Saturday 18^th October 2014.

Mardi Gras rehearsals commence Saturday 13^th September

 Summer break – Monday 4^th August 2014 to Sunday 31 August 2014. Academy re-opens Monday 1 September 2014.

 Exams date – Sunday 6^th July.

 Hall closure – Friday 11^th and Thursday 17^th July 2014

 Showtime 2015 26^th & 27^th May 2015 (compulsory rehearsals 16^th & 23^rd May)

Dear Parents/Students 

Welcome to our latest newsletter, we are currently working towards our next exams on 16 March 2014.  Times will be issued as soon as possible.

Many Congratulations to Miss Hannah, who has been voted Dance Captain for the next two years.

Singing lessons will be available for Juniors, Inters and Seniors.  These will be starting on Saturday 3^rd May at a cost of £4 per week.  Please see Donna if you are interested in joining this class.  This is a really important discipline to learn should you wish to further your career in performing arts.  We will let everyone who has already shown an interest know what their lesson time will be, as soon as possible.

Following a sudden closure of the village hall on 22^nd February, we would be really grateful if you could register your email address on our website.  This would not be forwarded to any other parties, but would just enable us to alert parents via email of any updates to the website. 

Advance notice

We will be performing at Witherley School fete on Saturday 21 June at 4.30pm.  Students from the Friday Junior class and Inters and Seniors will be performing.

First steps and Junior uniforms

Please can you order First Steps and Junior uniforms through Donna.  A sample of each size will be available to try on before ordering. The cost will be £28.50.  All first steps and juniors should  wear black ankle socks with their uniforms.

Inters uniforms

Inters purple and black leotard should be ordered through Chorus Line in Hinckley on 01455 615533.  Black stirrupped leggings can be purchased here too.

Boys uniform, T.shirts and zip up fleeces

Boys should wear a Lee Academy top with Jazz pants or black combat/ tracksuit bottoms or an all in one. For exams the uniform is different see Donna if you are uncertain.

Please order t-shirts and fleeces from Becky on a Saturday morning between 9.00-10.30am on the above Lee Academy number.

Dates for your diary

Thank you for your continued support as always.

Donna

Huge Congratulations to Miss Hannah, on being named Dance Captain 2014/15.

We are busy working towards our open house week, where parents/carers are invited to watch their children perform in their lesson.
Due to limited space availability, the Inters open house seats are limited to two per child.
Please see  newsletter for times for your child’s class – we look forward to seeing you there!

Should you have any queries please contact us on:
enquiries@leeacademy.co.uk