Spooktacular with Year 4!
A group of Year 4 children had a wonderful week before half-term. They learned about the origins of Halowe’en (or Halloween as we might know it) as well as traditions…
High Fins to our Mini Mermaids on their 5k!
Our tribe of Mermaids completed their final race at school yesterday. The girls ran a mammoth 6 laps of the school grounds to complete the 5k and we couldn’t be…
Harvest Festival
Throughout school, the children have been learning about harvest time and what this means. KS1 wrote about the the types of food, people and things in nature that they are…
Say hello to our Gardening club!
Gardening club planted daffodil bulbs and snowdrops in the square bed at school, and put netting over it to hopefully stop the bulbs being dug up by animals or children!…
The wonderful world of milk with Arla Dairy
Arla Dairy spent the day at the Academy teaching pupils about the wonderful world of milk! They got to learn about what cows eat and drink to stay healthy, which…
Celebrating Roald Dahl day with dream jars and big ears!
Last month we celebrated Roald Dahl day. Pupils made their own headbands with ginormous ears on them, so they could hear even the tiniest sound just like the BFG. And…
Leeds Childrens’ Lord Mayor visited us for ‘Generous June’
Leeds Childrens’ Lord Mayor Isla visited us to speak to take part in activities based around ‘Generous June’. Generous June is part of Isla’s manifesto, which is all about tackling…
Nightingale Mini-Mermaids are ‘Being Co-op’
Our Mini Mermaids running club completed a 5k run around the school. They had been training every week for the last school year to get ready for this big run….
Kestrels go Capacity Crazy!
Kestrel’s class had a brilliant time investigating what capacity meant and how we can measure it. We thought the best way to learn is to do so we had lots…
Getting moving with Company Chameleon
Company Chameleon are a dance company based in Manchester. They produce original dance theatre and have toured all around the world. They also run workshops, dance classes and have a youth…
