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Easter Bunny Cupcake Competition
A big well done to those of you who entered the Easter Bunny cupcake competition. There are house points for the winners and all participants. Results below: 1st place – Lily H 9.7 Cast 2nd place – Michael D 10.4 Aval 3rd place – Jack D 9.6 Alex...
Jamie's Legacy
Last June we were incredibly saddened by the passing of Year 11 student Jamie Perkins. Jamie was a popular member of his year group which was no surprise given his fantastic ability to bring joy, happiness and laughter to any room and he is greatly missed. In Jamie’s memory his family are l...
The James Dyson Science Challenge Y7 and Y8
During partial closure Y7s and Y8s took part in the James Dyson Science Challenge organised by Mr Billings. The students carried out a mini investigation and created a short report about it. Class teachers have sent Mr Billings the top three reports from their Science groups for considera...
Valentine's Day and Pancake Cook-a-Long
Well done to those of you who entered the Valentine’s Day Cupcake and / or the Pancake competition. There are house points for the winners and all participants. Results are as below. Pancake presentation winner, - Olivia K, 7.9 ALEX Pancake creativity winn...
More charity work in Year 8.
You may remember some great work Leo-Beck has done for charity over the last few months. As a result of some earlier work, he was able to send £70 to Macmillan from the sale of his Christmas candles. Thank you to those of you who supported Leo Beck with this. Since the...
Laptop Donation
We are incredibly grateful to have received a delivery of laptops from Mr and Mrs Sherwood. Mr and Mrs Sherwood are parents of both a current student and a past student of the Academy. They contacted us a couple of weeks ago to see if additional laptops would be of use, as they wanted to help...
Design Success
Design & Technology students in Y7 and 8 have been learning about the issues that arise when people with disabilities such as cerebral palsy, or other dexterity limiting diseases such as arthritis, use everyday products. These people often find that their hands shake or that they are unable to g...
Duke of Edinburgh - Gold Awards
Despite the restrictions of COVID-19 some of our students past and present have managed to achieve their Gold DofE award. Congratulations to the following students who will now expect to be invited to Buckingham Palace for their royal presentation in approximately twelve months. Alex Lowe J...
Halloween Cook-a-long Competition
Congratulations to all those who took part. As ever, the standards of cooking and presentation were extremely high, thus making the job of picking the winners such a tough decision to make. All participants will receive house points for their house. The Halloween Spooky Spider 2020 cook-a-long resul...
Charity begins in Y8.
Leo-Beck is being proudly supported by his family, having decided during lockdown, that he wanted to make candles. He also came up with the idea of donating some of his profits to charities. He thought this was a great idea, especially with the current situation with COVID and with the...