We were delighted to welcome Stuart Anderson MP for South West Wolverhampton to our school today. After a tour of the school, Mr Anderson met outside (socially distanced of course!) with students who are keen to know more about the world of politics and what Mr Anderson is doing to support our City and our schools post-COVID.
Freddy Lambert and Austen Jijo, both year 9, questioned and debated with Mr Anderson on a range of topics including issues in Palestine, China , Russia and Tibets showing a real concern for the plight of the vulnerable in conflicts and human rights abuses across the world. They also found out about what it is like in the Houses of Parliament and how he faired with his maiden speech.
Tia Dixon and Theophilia Muoneke, our Sixth Form Council members also had the opportunity to put some questions to Mr Anderson around his plans on how to improve the Wolverhampton economy with the allocated £234,488 funding from the Welcome Back Fund. He explained that whilst he doesn’t allocate the money he can influence how the money is spent and shared his ideas on a city learning quarter and city centre education.
Mr Anderson was also asked how he is going to protect local nature reserves including Smestow Valley. He explained his goal was to continue to fight to protect green areas and encourage new housing developments to be built on brownfields.
Photo: Mr Anderson, Edie and Mrs Hazeldine (Principal)
Photo: Mr Anderson MP, Tia Dixon and Theophilia Muoneke
Edie was invited into the academy yesterday to meet Lily and her friends, Gracie and Richie.
Lily recently donated her beautiful thick curly locks raising over £280 for the Little Princess Trust. As a way to mark her selfless act Mrs Hazeldine, Principal, invited Lily and her two friends to join her for lunch and to meet Edie, our well-being puppy.
This was Edie’s first encounter with our students and, whilst chomping through her treats and playing with her toys, she made a lasting impression on Lily and her friends.
Photo: RIchie, Lily, Edie, Mrs Hazeldine and Gracie
Photo: Richie, Edie, Lily & Gracie
Photo: Edie
Lily donates her beautiful thick curly locks to generate £260 for the Little Princess Trust to make someone else happy.
Growing up and becoming more involved with swimming and football Lily realised her hair was more upkeep than she had time for. Having decided a shorter cut would be more manageable, Lily wanted to donate her hair to someone who was truly in need.
Following in her aunt’s footsteps Lily decided on the Little Princess Trust who provide wigs to children with cancer to restore their confidence and identity.
Such a beautiful, kind and caring approach to benefit the life of others. Well done Lily. We are very proud of you and your achievement.
Read Lily’s story here: https://bit.ly/3v1cFFz
Please note INSET DAYS for academic year 2021-2022
Thursday 2rd September 2021
Friday 3rd September 2021
Friday 3rd December 2021
Tuesday 4th January 2022
Monday 28th February 2022
As you may know, all teaching staff are currently committed to marking and moderating all student work for year 11 and year 13. This is in place of formal examinations and is a monumental task for which no additional time has been allocated.
In order to support our teachers in this process the governors have approved an extraordinary INSET day for the purpose of moderation. On this day all students will be working at home. Their usual Monday timetable will be collapsed and they will be working on a whole school project on the theme of unity. More information will be provided to the students in tutor time.
Please see the Principal’s letter which is on our website: https://bit.ly/2RjakIl
