Year 9 students of the Academy were given the opportunity to explore future career possibilities offered by apprenticeships when they took part in a workshop led by staff from Kirklees Council.
As part of World Book Day Academy students were able to take part in the fun of a Bring & Buy book sale that was held in the Academy’s library to promote children’s books and reading.
At the Academy we are using the digital software platform GCSEPod to enable all of our students to develop their learning through the vast range of online materials that the programme makes available to them.
At the Academy we have been offering students the opportunity to take part in the Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Bronze Award for several years and it always proves very popular with our students.
We were extremely pleased to be able to welcome the return of our hugely popular Careers Fair to the Academy for the benefit of our students. The event proved extremely successful when more than 20 training providers were visited by hundreds of Academy students and their parents.
We are delighted that a number of our students enthusiastically took up the challenge of producing festive designs in order to enter our Christmas card competition.
Our first SMSC Day for this academic year proved a huge success among our Year 10 students when they spent the whole day off from their normal timetable so as to take part in a number of activities aimed at developing their awareness of issues related to their Spiritual Moral Social Cultural Development.
As we mark the first anniversary of the loss of Mrs Sandra Morgan a permanent memorial has been dedicated to her memory in the Academy’s Peace Garden.
A group of girls in Year 9 and 10 have been taking part in a new programme designed to build their skills and confidence and to get involved in social action.
We were extremely delighted to be selected by the Government for our students to take part in a film for the global climate change summit at COP26. Headteacher, Mr Burton and three of our students worked with the Department for Education on the video, which promotes the importance of the new National Education Nature Park.
The Academy is committed to the development of students’ literacy skills and ERIC time is designed to further students’ language acquisition and equip them with the literacy skills they will need for success in life.
Learning how to perform CPR is an extremely important skill that could save someone’s life. With training from doctors, paramedics and ambulance staff Year 10 students at the Academy had the opportunity to learn how to perform CPR should they ever have the need to do so.
