Enrichment

This is a national competition aimed at the top Mathematics students in schools aged between 11 and 18. We believe the challenge offers students the opportunity to problem solve in a competitive environment that will encourage improvements in thinking skills through interpretation and deconstruction of problems. The school has had some fantastic results with  more than 40 students medalling in the past year. Particular mention should go to our gold medallists:

• Isaac B (Year 7)
• Jessica D (Year 7)
• Bradley K (Year 8)
• Fraser M (Year 11)

Two of the students (Isaac and Bradley) also performed in the top 1.5% of their age group and qualified for the international kangaroo competition; an outstanding achievement.

Alongside the individual competition there are team events designed to inspire collaboration and teamwork.

Our students have  represented our academy at regional events; demonstrating their abilities to communicate mathematical concepts and solve in depth problems:

Junior team:

• Billy W
• Yusuf R
• Charlotte H
• Eva W

Senior Team:

• Joshua W
• Jacob B
• Ezekiel P
• Toby M

The Reading Challenge is now into its eighth year and is continuing to grow!  So why not get involved?  Earn yourself extra House Points and see if you can be the lucky winner of signed books or even a Kindle!!!

This year’s list contains some phenomenal books (various award winners as well as books that are so great that they’ve made it onto the big screen!!) so why not give some a shot?  Remember that you receive 10 House Points for every review that you submit on Frog!

Something new to look out for too… there will be Book of the Month! I look forward to hearing your thoughts on them all! Reading and reviewing this can earn you 30 House Points each month! Get climbing that leader-board!

Also, for those who finish the Reading Challenge list, there is last year’s Carnegie award shortlisted books to try too- so get reading!

To donate, please click here: House Fundraising Challenge

We have been running a thriving DofE centre for many decades and are proud to be able to offer this enriching, extra-curricular activity for our students, who realise there is more to life than being a couch potato.

We run our programme at three levels, which when completed, lead to a Bronze, Silver or Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. These awards are achieved by completing a personal programme of activities in four sections (five if students are going for Gold): Volunteering, Physical, Skills, Expedition (and for Gold, a Residential).

Doing a DofE award brings many advantages and positives:

– helping people or the community
– getting fitter
– developing skills
– going on an expedition for two or more days and being self-sufficient
– problem solving
– self-management
– developing a sense of responsibility
– reliability
– perseverance
– resilience
– team working
– leadership
– communication
– making decisions under pressure
– you get to choose what you do, as long as it conforms within the criteria for a section
– employers favour the can-do attitude of candidates with a DofE award
– looks great on UCAS applications

Due to a limited places available, we would advise you to return your application forms as soon as possible. Please join us on our open evenings, the Y9 DofE meeting, or simply contact us.