Children in Year 6 have been taking part in an art project run by the Academy’s Art Coordinator and Year 6 Leader. The main objective of the project was to work collaboratively and appreciate one another’s differences and similarities. The project focused on cooperation and teamwork to create a group masterpiece. Children were given an […]

In December, all year groups took part in the Waddesdon Manor Art Project ‘What makes them unique’. Waddesdon Manor was given permission to use the book ‘The Tree That’s Meant to Be’ by Yuval Zommer, which tells the story of a little fir tree that is too small and too imperfect to be chosen at […]

During Learning Block 1, the children in Year 5 were very fortunate to have the MK Dons visit them over a period of 5 sessions. During these sessions the children participated in classroom based activities as well as physical activities in Harrison Hall. The children learnt about the body’s muscles and bones, the importance of […]

A mathematician from Bletchley Park and a professional dance company from London visited us to deliver a Maths, Music and Movement Workshop to some of our Year 6 children. They learnt about coding and the children created their own coding through dance, music and mathematic sequences, partly linked to Morse code and sign language. We […]

We’ve just celebrated the 70th Anniversary of our Academy. We weren’t always an Academy of course or this good! Back in the day when the school was built and opened on 1 September 1953 its main purpose was to accommodate railway children. Nothing to do with Edith Nesbit’s classic novel I would add, it’s just […]