On Wednesday, we had a visit from Keele University's Teddy hospital. This was a lovely interactive session where children learnt about -
Operations: They got dressed up as surgeons and made Fluffy the unicorn feel better.

Smiley Faces: Learnt all about how to brush our teeth and keep our smiles healthy.

Emergencies: The children learnt about what to do if they ever encountered an emergency.

Healthy Eating: A big talk about nutrition and balanced diets.

Disabilities and Injuries: They learnt all about different disabilities and how they can impact people.

The children were amazing throughout and were very interested to learn everything! Well done to Reception and Year 1.

On Friday, our Year 1 class had a visit from our local fire service to hear about how we stay safe on the roads. The children were brilliant and showed a fantastic understanding of how they should stay safe and had some great questions to ask the firefighters. Afterwards, they even had the opportunity to see a Fire Engine and find out about how it helps in emergencies. #DoWhatMattersMost 

A huge well done to the winning house team, Northern Ireland. This time the team treat was prize Bingo! The children had a great time dabbing numbers off their bingo books. It got very exciting when there were only a few numbers left and a lot of children were just waiting for one number to win a prize! We had 10 lucky winners who were more than thrilled with their prizes. Well done again to Northern Ireland, who got the most team points this term. #SucceedTogether 

On Tuesday, our Year 5 and 6 classes had a fantastic opportunity to visit the science labs at Keele University and take part in four experiments.

The children had to change soft materials to hard by using liquid nitrogen. They had to calculate the PH levels of different liquids by using red cabbage. They created plant and animal cells from plasticine and to finish off, they compared the pond water from Keele with another area  to find out how different pollutants may affect different living species. 

They had an amazing time!
Alice from Year said 'It was really interesting and fun.'

A big thank you to Keele University for having us for the day. Our children really had a great time being scientists! 

This year, our Key Stage Two children took to the stage to perform the hit musical - Annie. 

What an amazing show! Everyone who came were all saying how wonderful it was and how it was so lovely to see the children standing and singing  so confidently in front of a huge audience. Well done to our fantastic cast this year, some of the roles were quite a task with so many lines to remember and solo songs to sing! 

Lexi, who played the part of Annie (first half), said 'I loved everything about this show, the singing and acting... just everything!' 

Francesca, who played Annie (second half), said 'It was amazing! I made my mum and dad cry when I sang'

We are so proud of everyone involved, and to take this opportunity to thank our KS2 staff for helping to make this show the success it was. We loved it! #SucceedTogether #DoWhatMattersMost 

On Tuesday 10th June, as part of the Co-op Events, Big Green Week and Big Launch. The community team led by Matt Linley Simon, the Academy Community Pioneer,  hosted a grand opening event. It was a great way to celebrate the work that the Community Team have done  with volunteers to transform the Key Stage 2 Quad Garden Area.