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In celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, the students and staff have enjoyed a themed menu day.

Thank you to Laurent and his team for an absolutely delicious Diwali lunch.

Over half term, 24 Year 9 students took part in a residential trip to PGL Caythorpe.

The students took part in a range of activities that pushed their boundaries to support their personal growth, develop new skills and work together as a team.

Despite it being a very wet weekend, the students had a great time.

Thank you Miss Archdale and Mr Martini for organising a full fun packed weekend!

The Year 8 and 9 Girls’ Football Team have celebrated a 5-0 win over Charles Read Academy.  The Team played brilliantly with goals coming from Amelia Pries and Megan Summers.  Woman of the Match was awarded to Gabrielle Maciunaite.

Well done to the whole team!

The Year 9 and 10 girls’ football team have played their first match in the ESFA small schools cup against Stamford Welland Academy.

West Grantham started fast, taking the lead inside the opening two minutes through a well taken goal from Tracey Oliviera.  However this seemed to galvanise the opposition who grew into the game, pressing forward and reaping the rewards of some great team play to take a 2-1 lead into half time. Stamford’s lead came under threat repeatedly in the second half, but despite having the lions share of possession and carving out some excellent chances, it was not to be and the game ended Stamford Welland 2 – 1 West Grantham. 

The students represented the Acdemy impeccably – well done to the whole team!

The KS3 girls have played their first match of the season in the English Schools Football Association Small School Cup against Kirk Hallam from Derbyshire.

Despite being beaten by a better team on this occasion, the team played in their first match of the season with plenty of passion and determination – showing promise for future fixtures this term.

Last week, 17 students from Year 9 and 10 embarked on an unforgettable school trip to the vibrant city of Barcelona. Accompanied by Ms Barber and Mr Butt, the group spent four action-packed days exploring the rich culture, history, and beauty of this world-renowned destination.

The adventure began with a day trip to Tarragona, an ancient Roman city known for its rich history. One of the highlights was our visit to the Circ Roma, a Roman circus where chariot races once thrilled massive crowds. Walking through this historical site gave students a unique glimpse into the grandeur of the Roman Empire, and they could imagine how the stands would have been packed with cheering spectators.

The next stop was the iconic La Sagrada Familia. This awe-inspiring basilica, designed by the famous architect Antoni Gaudí, left everyone in amazement. The intricate designs and towering spires showcased a masterpiece still in progress, with its majestic stained glass windows casting colourful light inside the grand cathedral.

We also visited the stunning Barcelona Cathedral, known for its gothic architecture and peaceful cloisters. Students enjoyed exploring the local area around the cathedral, soaking in the atmosphere of old Barcelona while learning about the historical significance of this landmark.

An afternoon at La Boqueria, one of Europe’s most famous markets, offered a perfect mix of culture and cuisine. Students explored the bustling market, practiced their Spanish by ordering fresh fruits and snacks, and picked up a few souvenirs to bring home. It was a lively and flavourful glimpse into Barcelona’s vibrant street life.

To round off our journey, we visited the breathtaking Montserrat Monastery, nestled high in the mountains. The serene beauty of this spiritual site, combined with the stunning views over the Catalonian landscape, made for a peaceful and memorable end to the trip. The students took in the awe-inspiring natural scenery while learning about the monastery’s importance as a cultural and religious landmark.

One of the most exciting aspects of the trip was the chance for our students to practice their Spanish in real-life situations. Whether it was ordering food at a restaurant, buying souvenirs, or simply interacting with locals, students embraced the opportunity to improve their Spanish-speaking skills. This hands-on experience boosted their confidence and made learning the language both fun and practical.

The trip not only broadened our students’ knowledge of Spanish culture and history but also gave them a chance to bond and make lasting memories. Everyone returned home with a deeper appreciation for Barcelona’s unique charm, improved language skills, and a few extra items in their suitcases from the shopping spree!

Overall, this school trip was a wonderful educational and cultural experience, and we look forward to organising more adventures in the future!

The Year 8 Boys’ football team have started their 2024/25 season with a win over Charles Read Academy.

Despite the downpour just before kick-off, the team secured a 5-3 victory, with goals from Emlyn Broad, Charlie Tulloch, Paul Olaitan and Caleb McGibbon.

Man of the match went to Aaron McClory.

Well done to the whole team on a fabulous start to the football season.

The Academy is once again celebrating a strong set of GCSE results.  For more information on this year’s results please click here.

This morning we celebrated students with 100% attendance for this academic year.  This is a big achievement and we are very proud of all students who were rewarded with a certificate, pin badge and a prize.

The best tutor group attendance was 7AJK who celebrated with pizza and ice poles.

Year 8 Duke of Edinburgh Award participants have received their first certificates in recognition of them completing their skills section.

Next term sees the group set off on their first expedition.

Our Year 7 have engaged fantastically with our new Pledge program and this week we celebrated their amazing achievements in line with our values of love, ambition, integrity, belief and courage.

A total of 526 pledges have been successfully completed this term with the top 20 achievers rewarded with a prize.

One pledge has been recognised by the Grantham Journal, with Aliona Fardell and Lennon Walker organising a bake sale in the Easter holidays to raise money for the local foodbank.  They raised over £400.

We look forward to seeing more achievements next year as part of this rewarding program.

It has been another wonderful year at the Academy, with so many successes to celebrate.

On Tuesday evening, the Academy hosted a showcase of incredible work to display the talent, creativity and brilliance of our students.

With hundreds of certificates awarded, it was a superb celebration of the many achievements of our students throughout the year.

Well done to all students who received a certificate for their amazing work.

This term we have said goodbye to our wonderful Year 11 students. They have all worked so hard towards their exams and in celebration of five amazing years, staff joined them at Allington Manor for their Prom. We had a wonderful night and it was lovely to see them in their evening finery having so much fun.

We had one last chance to say goodbye the following week at the Leavers’ Assembly. The students were entertained by videos filmed by staff and had the opportunity to say their final farewells before moving onto pastures new – the majority of them adorned in shirts signed by their friends and staff.

Thank you Year 11 for being a credit to West Grantham Academy and we wish you all the very best in your future studies and careers.

All students have taken part in our annual Sports Day at The Meres Leisure Centre.

Participation in the sporting events was excellent this year with students all taking part in at least one sporting event.

Thank you to the families who came to give extra support and cheer on the students in their events, and thank you to Miss Allery and Mr Brown for organising a very successful event.

As the GCSE exam season comes to a close, Year 11 have taken part in their final enrichment sessions.  The cooking group cooked an early morning curry before taking their final exam.

Stem Club have been investigating the densities of different liquids and taking part in a separating substances challenge.

Year 9 had a visit from the Royal Navy logistics team this week and after a presentation by the team took part in a cookery lesson delivered by the Royal Navy.  The results were fantastic, with the students cooking Chicken Kiev and Pavlova.

Earlier in the year we were very fortunate to receive funding from Rebel Restoration to buy a greenhouse and gardening equipment and from the Co-op community charity to buy seeds and seedlings.  This week saw the Gardening Club planting tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.  Mrs Kuffour is looking forward to using the produce in her Food Technology lessons.

As we near the end of the GCSE exam series, the year 11 students had a welcome reward by taking part in their enrichment activities on Friday.  The students have embraced the exams and have been amazing throughout with their efforts and behaviour.

The summer term brings two new club offers – Ultimate Frisbee, Wednesday’s from 3.00pm until 4.00pm and Rounders, Thursday’s from  3.00pm until 4.00pm.

All clubs continue to run from this week.  To attend a club, students need to sign up through MCAS or via a letter, which can be collected from the main office.

Our year 9 Inspire+ sports ambassadors represented the school this week by supporting at a cricket match.  Next week they will be helping with the Mini-Olympics at the Meres Leisure Centre, where over 50 primary schools will be taking part.

Enrichment continues to provide our students with new opportunities and experiences, this week’s highlights were; baking scones, archery, mountain biking, clay modelling, eye ball dissection, guitar playing in music and chess.

During Mental Health Awareness week, Year 7 students took part in and won a competition to promote mental health awareness in the Lincolnshire area.  A hamper full of goodies was shared between all students who took part in the competition.

The students produced some lovely artwork to encourage ‘Movement’, and students in 7AJK put together a brilliant video that has been shared not only with the Lincolnshire Mental Health Team but also with all NHS Mental Health teams across the country.

Congratulations to all students who took part.

This week, several of our year 7 and 8 students were awarded certificates that they gained from the recent UKMT Junior Maths Challenge.

This year has given us the best results we have ever had!

Overall, 12 of the 36 students who took part in the challenge were awarded either bronze or silver certificates.  Charlie Tulloch was awarded a silver certificate and also named Best in Year, while Daniel Ballaam was also awarded silver and named Best in School.

Congratulations to all the students who took part.  You should be extremely proud of yourselves

A group of year 8 students have visited Nottingham University on National Numeracy Day.  The visit started with a talk by Dr Ria Symonds followed by a data task in small groups.  After the group had solved their maths problems they had a tour of the campus.  The students were very impressed with the facilities at the University and learnt about clubs and societies students can join as a student at the University.

The day finished with a Q & A session with University lecturers and maths undergraduate students.  Thank you Nottingham University for hosting us for the day.

Year 9 have made their first afternoon teas in their food technology lesson.
The students have worked in teams to choose their own recipes and have baked cheese scones, chocolate cupcakes, iced muffins, blueberry and strawberry cakes, and Mrs Bainbridge’s favourite – Biscoff flavoured shortbread biscuits!
Their families will be having a delicious tea this evening 🧁🥧🍪

This week West Grantham Secondary Year 7 football team played Charles Read Academy at home.  The team has some impressive individuals who performed well in a difficult game. The attitude of the students was fantastic and they worked tirelessly throughout the game.  Emlyn Broad, Aaron McClory and Charlie Tulloch were standout performances, with player of the match being awarded to Aaron McClory for outstanding play and excellent work ethic.

STEM club investigated copper extraction and purification. The students worked well and showed great technical ability in obtaining pure copper from copper oxide. Scientists of the week were Torin Milne and Hedwin Ajesh for excellent practical technique and an attention to detail.

The enrichment program continues to provide our students with opportunities to explore new skills, hobbies and interests. Archery, cooking, escape rooms, golf and football were really enjoyed by the students this week.

Exam season has started, and the year 11 students have shown great maturity preparing for the exams. There is a real focus and drive to be ready to tackle the next three weeks and the students seemed extremely confident entering their biology exam this morning.

It has been a  busy week at West Grantham Secondary Academy.  Years 9 and 10 were visited by the Army for Surge Training. The students took part in team building activities and were given information about various careers in the Army, pay and pensions. Staff and students alike were surprised by the generous pay and pensions on offer!

Year 7 students went on a visit to the Natural History Museum in London.  The students were very impressed with the actual size of the animals on display.

The craft club is becoming self-sufficient and sustainable.  They are producing high-quality work which they are selling to be able to fund more materials for their next project.

STEM club investigated endothermic and exothermic reactions, luckily the exothermic reactions avoided setting the fire alarms off – just! Scientists of the week was Libby Cullington, well done Libby.

A group of year 10 students attended Lincoln university to view the campus and accommodation.

The P.E department are transitioning to summer sports in preparation for the fast approaching sports day.  Clubs are being updated as dodgeball comes to an end and replaced with rounders from next week (Wednesday 3-4pm)

Year 9 and Year 10 have taken part in an Army Surge Training Event.

Students learnt about life in the British Army and the variety of careers available in the armed forces.  They were then challenged with a STEM activity and were given the task of building a solar communication tower.

They had a great day!

The year 7 boys football team headed to Walton Academy for a football fixture this week. The team showed commitment and flair throughout and held Walton until the last 15 minutes of the game. Two speculative shots and a penalty produced a flattering 3-0 win for Walton Academy. The final score did not reflect the game overall and the team deserved a draw at the very least. Player of the match was Paul Olaitan, however, Mr Brown said any of the players could have claimed the award and thanked the team for their efforts.

STEM club investigated static electricity on Wednesday with some excellent results from the Vaan de Graaf generator. Scientist of the week was Oliver Kingston for his mature attitude to practical work.

During term 6 there will be changes to the clubs on offer.  Rounders, golf and athletics have been introduced to replace dodgeball.

Students need to be registered through MCAS to attend.  Registers will be open on MCAS towards the end of term 5.

On Wednesday evening the Year 7 football team played a fixture against Walton Academy.

The game was very evenly matched with the final result of 3-0 to Walton not reflecting how hotly this game was contested.

The team represented the academy brilliantly and should be very proud of their performance.

During the Easter holidays, Aliona Fardell and Lennon Walker held a Book n’ Bake sale and raised £455.86.

After realising that there are families in the community who are struggling to pay for food, they organised the sale in support of these families.

They used the proceeds to buy essential items and delivered them to the Foodbank.

We are very proud of their commitment to help others, well done Aliona and Lennon!

Grantham Journal – 8 April 2024

This week in the library we have been celebrating Shakespeare Week.

During the week, students enjoyed playing a board game based on Shakespeare’s life, winding their way through plague, marriage, and rebellion as they learnt all about the famous bard.

We started to read A Midsummer Night’s Dream before our eager poets-in-the-making created their own Haikus based on the mystical events in Athens and the many lovestruck characters.

Our Kahoot quiz included all year groups who impressed us with their Shakespeare knowledge – do you remember who spoke the famous line “Once more unto the breach, dear friends”? I’ll give you a clue: it was one of the Henrys!

To end the week, the library held a Scavenger Hunt during lunchtime. Students searched high and low for facts about Shakespeare and his work, and some felt quite betrayed by the particularly sneaky hiding spots! It was a wonderful end to an incredibly jam-packed week, celebrating such an important part of our literature and our culture.

On Wednesday, the Year 8 football team played a home fixture against Walton Academy.  It was a tough fixture for the team but the players never gave up and demonstrated an excellent attitude and team spirit. There was some excellent goalkeeping in the first half, which kept Walton Academy at bay until our goalkeeper suffered an injury.  The game was even until 20 minutes from the end when Walton Academy scored the winning goal.  Well done to both teams for a fantastic game!

This term sees two more fixtures and an away fixture for the girls’ team next Monday.

In STEM club this week, we investigated the heat of neutralisation, which required a high degree of accuracy in measurements of volume and temperature.  Concentration skills were a must!

The enrichment program continues to offer new experiences to our students, with highlights of the week being:

  • Eyeball dissection.
  • Quick and easy folded flatbreads in food.
  • History displays.
  • Bass guitar – smoke on the water solo!

During PHSE drop down day on Thursday, Year 11 students received a talk based on revision techniques and growth mind set from LincHigher.  New revision techniques and wellbeing were amongst discussions and the students were pleased to pick up some strategies to help them through the exam series.

https://www.thefuturefocus.co.uk/students/

The girls all played extremely well, with the final score being 6-2 to West Grantham Academy. Our goals came from Tracey Oliviera with a hattrick, Isabella Cuttle with two and Alana Harrison with one.

Every single girl gave it their all and did themselves proud. Our captain, Shaila Willets, led from the back with an impressive defensive performance, and a special shoutout also has to go to Alexis Parnell and Gracie-Sue McGibbon, who both bravely volunteered to go in goal, and both performed excellently.

The afternoon was rounded of with a cheerful rendition of Sweet Caroline in the bus back to the Academy. Once again, a huge congratulations to all of the girls in the team!

In celebration of Shakespeare Week, and in preparation for their GCSE English Literature exams, pupils in years 10 and 11 had the wonderful opportunity to watch a special revision-based performance of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth.

Pupils particularly enjoyed the Porter’s shenanigans, including rolling around on the stage and spraying water into the air!

Pupils had the opportunity to ask the Director about the play and the choices he had made for his version of the performance.

One pupil was very disappointed that they did not get to see a realistic version of Macbeth’s severed head!

We look forward to sharing experiences of live performances with pupils with more theatre trips coming soon.

This week students have been learning about the careers opportunities in science.  In science lessons, teachers have presented ‘A Scientist a Day’ showcasing the wide range of green careers in the science field.  For more information on green careers in science, please click here.

STEM club have celebrated British Science Week with a hands on approach in dissecting lungs, hearts and eyes.  Students have investigated the heart chambers, inflated lungs and have extracted the lens from an eye.

They found the inflation of the lungs fascinating! Please click here to see a video of their experiment.

In STEM club this week the students have used red cabbages to make their own indicators to test for acids and alkalis. The students agreed it was a better indicator than the traditional laboratory stock. 

The learning support team have been making craft items for Easter.  They will be selling the items they make to raise funds for materials for future craft projects. 

Pet therapy continues to be a great support for our students, with groups interacting with and learning how to use hand signals to train the dogs. The dogs enjoy their bonus treats as well at the end of each session.

Enrichment continues to provide our students with a wide range of activities and experiences to complement their education. This week’s highlights were a fantastic display of static electricity in science, some lovely cupcakes and flapjacks in cookery, live music courtesy of the music department, and confident cycling skills from Mr Butt’s cycling group. 

Next week is Science week and the academy will see a focus on careers in science.  

April also look very busy for our sporting clubs, with football fixtures throughout the month and the dodgeball club taking part in a tournament in Derby.  Good luck to all of our students taking part in sporting fixtures.

Throughout the week, the Library has hosted a number of activities in celebration of World Book Day.

On Wednesday, the Library classroom was transformed into ‘La Book Café’ where students were invited to a book tasting.  Waiters served a wide range of books from a number of genres and due to the success of this event the café will be opening again to students later in the year.

Throughout the week students have taken part in a Book Swap.  They have brought unwanted books into school to exchange for books donated by other students.  We saw over 100 books swapped during the week!  The students demonstrated their fantastic community spirit by giving their swap tokens to friends who hadn’t been able to bring a book to swap.

On Thursday teachers finished their lessons with a few minutes of reading from their favourite books.  Students heard from a great selection of books, including Goodnight Mr Tom, The Hobbit, and Skandar and the Unicorn Thief.  Miss Phillip’s choice of the Lord of the Flies was so popular that her class want it to be their new class reader book and students are requesting for it to be added to the Library stock!

Friday saw our regular weekly Kahoot being taken over by our Book Club.  They created 32 questions ranging from Roald Dahl to Harry Potter to Heartstopper.  They had great fun coming up with red herrings for the multiple choice questions, although we are not quite sure how many were fooled into thinking Frankenstein had flowing pink hair!

Thank you to Miss Mackintosh for organising a brilliant week of reading and activities.

With Spring in the air, the resident pigeons are getting ready for their annual courtyard nesting.  Students are able to monitor their progress in building their nest via a newly installed camera.

The Learning Support team have been working with students on the skills of design technology, art and creative media to record the welcome arrival of Spring.

The Duke of Edinburgh students are making great progress in learning new skills towards their Bronze Award.

New skills being learnt are wood carving, improving on drawing skills, learning a new crochet stitch pattern, and learning how to read, write and speak Korean.

On 26 February 2024, 16 students across years 7 to 10 successfully took part in lifesaving CPR training sponsored by the British Heart Foundation.

Students used an online platform called Classroom RevivR and were able to get hands on experience of CPR and defibrillator training via technology within the classroom.

BBC Look North reporter Crispin Rolfe has visited the Academy to report on our new flexible working timetable.  He interviewed the Principal, Clare Barber, teachers who benefit from the flexible rota, and students.

The introduction of the timetable comes at no additional cost to the Academy and staff still work full time.  Ms Barber told Mr Rolfe that the timetable allows teachers to have similar flexible working opportunities as people in other jobs.  She added that teachers get the opportunity to be ‘masters of their own time’ and it was about giving ‘professional trust’ to them.

Teaching staff are allocated free periods within their timetables once a fortnight to plan and prepare for lessons.  They can do this in school or working from home for a day.

Five teaching staff so far are part of this new initiative, which Ms Barber describes as a ‘monumental change’.

For the full BBC Look North broadcast, please click here.

New Grantham School Rota Allows Teachers To Work From Home BBC News

We are delighted to have been Ofsted rated as Good with Outstanding features.

The inspection team noted that the school ‘serves its pupils with expert care, love and kindness’ and that ‘pupils’ behaviour is exemplary’ and ‘they are an absolute credit to the school and its community’.  A full copy of the report is on this link: Ofsted Report January 2024

Thank you to all of our parents, carers and the local community for your continued support of our academy, as we celebrate this momentous occasion.

Year 11 students have attended a talk delivered by Colour Sergeant Fraser McLennan of the Royal Navy.

He spoke to students about the perks of a career in the forces and the many career opportunities that are on offer, including continuing their studies with the Royal Navy and apprenticeship opportunities. He also introduced the students to the ‘Role Finder’, which can be accessed by clicking on this link: https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/careers/find-a-role

This week in Collective Worship we have been celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week, with the theme ‘My Voice Matters!’

Students have been creative with exploring what matters to them in a reflection and wellbeing activity.

Our International Film Club enrichment group wish all a Happy Chinese New Year and good luck in the Year of the Dragon新年快樂

STEM club was very fragrant this week with the aromas of vanilla and rose water.

With valentines round the corner the students used their time to produce some colourful and pungent bath bombs. As can be seen from the pictures some were more successful than others! The clean-up operation was also a bit hit and miss but the laboratory smells quite nice.

In honour of Holocaust Memorial Day, students have been thinking about the past and present suffering of the Jewish people.

Students contributed to a Memorial Flame:

  • yellow flames carry messages to survivors of the Holocaust and expressions of love and sympathy, and
  • orange flames ask the students to consider how they might feel if they were persecuted because of who they are.

Our students made us very proud once again with their thoughtful and mature responses.

This week saw years 9 and 11 enter the football county cup. Both teams played very strong opposition and found the going tough. The year 11 team lost 13-1 to Louth grammar school with Keanan Burnett scoring the only goal of the game for West Grantham. The attitude, spirit and commitment shown by the year 11 boys in adverse conditions is it credit to the team.

A mixture of year 8 and 9 played in the year 9 county cup draw. Again, another tough draw against a selective grammar school saw the team work hard but suffered a heavy defeat. Credit to the team as they never stopped trying despite the scoreline.

The STEM club are a very enthusiastic group and enjoyed the combination of maths and science, this week they had the privilege of Mr Hulse who helped the students calculate the speed of sound.

Art Club students experienced a really nice relaxed atmosphere at the end of a busy week on Friday.  The students had the choice of clay sculpting, teaching one another to crochet or creating a drawing from their imagination.

In contrast, the Dodgeball Club was back this week with no-one safe from the flying dodgeballs!  Mr Brown reminded students of the finer rules of the sport before again being drowned out by the noise of enthusiastic play.

Book Club had a more sedentary feel, with students and staff playing a game of Book Bingo.  Miss Jackson was the enthusiastic bingo caller adding to the fantastic atmosphere.

Debate Club considered a ban on the use of slang terms in school.  There were some very interesting views on writing texts and the need for accurate punctuation and grammar.  The long-term aim of the club is to develop the debating skills of the students and enter local debating school competitions.

As part of  Global Wordsearch Day on Tuesday, Miss Mackintosh organised a giant 100 word wordsearch.  This proved very popular with students and as a team they completed the puzzle in rapid time!

Thank you to all parents and carers who attended the sleep workshop and to Dave Gibson for presenting the session.

There were some really useful tips for establishing an effective sleep routine.

If you were unable to join us for the session, or would like to view the presentation again, please click here.

Clubs were back in full swing this week after the Christmas break, with a distinct focus on fitness!  A number of students are improving their fitness as a New Year’s Resolution and joined Miss McCulley in the Fitness Suite.

The sportiness even spread to the chess club, not sure that PE kit was essential!

In contrast to the New Year /New Me approach in the Fitness Suite, the Drama students who had a very busy pre-Christmas rehearsing for their show, opted for a more sedate Wednesday club activity.  The warm of sleeping lions was a good choice for all!

The sports clubs running for the spring term can be found on this link.

 

 

Year 9 and 10 have made a start on their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award. Their first task is to complete their skills, volunteering and physical sections of the award. We are looking forward to seeing how the students progress and can’t wait for the expedition in the warmer, and hopefully drier, months!

Yesterday evening we welcomed family and friends and our Chair of Governors, Martin O’Connell, to watch students perform a ‘Showcase of Creativity’.

Students from Drama Club and Drama Enrichment have worked hard all term to write their own scripts and performed a Christmas themed comedy performance. We had an evil elf stealing Christmas, children running wild at the North Pole and Carollers with attitude arguing with two cheery elves all wonderfully performed by Aliona, Faith, Paul, Aiden, Sophie, Lana, Mina, Axel, Lola-Rose, Izzy, Betsy, Aaliyah and Gabe.

The music department had some great acts with Liam, Blaine and Rysz  performing a tribute to Metallica that had the audience rocking, Keira and Amelia showing off what they have been learning at keyboard club and treating us to a rendition of Jingle bells on the piano, and Toni performing a beautiful piano solo.

Lana’s mum had a brilliant surprise with Lana performing a solo on the flute after only having five lessons!

Dance club worked together to choreograph an emotional Christmas themed dance to ‘Have Yourself a Merry little Christmas’.  Our Dance Club performers were Abi, Annabella, Jorgie, Gabriella, Devon, Maisie, Mollie and Amelia.

The school Choir of Libby, Maisie, Bernadette, Amelia, Ellie-Bee, Mollie, Keira and Caitlin closed the show with a rendition of ‘It’s Christmas’.

A big thank you to Miss Blencowe for organising the show and helping the students put together fabulous performances.  Well done everyone!

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