Adi-Dassler

Welcome to Adi Dassler!

We get our name from Adolf ‘Adi’ Dassler who founded the German sportwear brand Adidas which means that our community continent is Europe.

My name is Mr Keating and I am head of Adi Dassler Learning Community.  Our community is focused on being the best that we can possibly be; I am very proud of our achievements inside and outside of the classroom. Dassler students are caring, kind and respectful.

There are some other people that you will get to know such as Mr China who is the second in our community. However the most important person is the learning coach; they are the ones that you will meet on a daily basis and who will support you in your time at NTC.

We do lots of things together as a Community and these include Community Hour, which we have every week in Zone 8 with all of the other students and staff members in Adi Dassler, Inter-Community competitions and raising money for and supporting charities.  The competitions are football, basketball and whole school Sports Day. We also have 5 Community Days a year.

During Community Hour we work in groups of mixed ages from Year 7 up to Year 11 and we find out about our environment and the world around us, as well as finding out about our bodies and staying healthy.  We also celebrate achievement in lessons during our termly Achievement Assembly.  If you have worked hard or been helpful to others, you may be nominated by your teachers to receive an Achievement Certificate.

Adi Dassler has the community colour of purple and the animal we all chose to represent us is the Stag, and this appears on our flag as well as the sports vests used during competitions. The reason we have chosen the Stag is for the qualities they possess such as stamina, grace and maturity.

I am really looking forward to you being part of the Community Team and hope that you enjoy your time at NTC.

Yours sincerely

Mr D Keating