Yesterday, a small group of our Year 7 students were chosen to go to on a special reward trip to Winter Wonderland, the indoor Christmas theme park at Event City, courtesy of our partners Manchester United Foundation.

The lucky students were selected as a reward for their progress throughout the first term of high school. They have consistently showed great attitude and behaviour towards their learning and followed our Co-op ‘Ways of Being‘ at all times.

The group had a fantastic day and enjoyed so many activities from fairground rides and stage performances to Christmas arts and crafts and there was even an opportunity to meet Father Christmas himself!

Litter continues to be a big issue nationally, with councils spending almost £1 billion of taxpayers’ money cleaning up our streets. This money could be better spent elsewhere if we each did what we can to help.

As part of our academy’s commitment to tackling the litter issues in our local community, we organised a series of litter picks throughout November.

Students volunteered to give up part of their lunch break once a week, to collect litter in the streets surrounding the academy site and we filled more than 30 bags from just four sessions!

Members of the community stopped to show their support and appreciation for the effort our students were making to clean up the area, with some residents commenting that we’d saved them a job for the weekend!

Litter picking is a great way to get some exercise, meet new people and show we care for the areas we live in. Why not get involved and clean up your own area? For help and advice see: https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/ or https://www.salford.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/salford-street-champions/

Our students in form 8EBR enjoyed a trip around Manchester United’s home ground of Old Trafford last week.

Their stadium tour was a whole class reward as they were the form who had collected the most donations for Salford Foodbank during our Harvest collection drive back in October.

Everyone had a great time and two of our students have written a review of their experience;

I really enjoyed our tour at Old Trafford and it was really nice to spend time together as a form. I really enjoyed getting to see where the players get changes before their matches, where they play and where the interviews take place after matches and I loved getting to sit down where the players and coaches sit during a match. We learned so many interesting facts about Old Trafford and the history of previous players. We found out where the tunnel was before they built the new one. I loved acting out the two teams when they walk out onto the pitch and they hear as they come out. This was a great opportunity and we all really enjoyed ourselves.

Lucy Pennington, 8EBR

When we went to Old Trafford on the tour it was an amazing experience and it was fun with my friends to see the inside of such a brilliant football club. I also liked it when we went through the players tunnel because we got to experience the real atmosphere of a live game and what it would feel like to be a real footballer with thousands of fans coming to watch you. Overall it was an amazing experience and I am glad that we went on that trip.

Oliver Nangle, 8EBR

Our lunchtime Ceramics Club is going from strength to strength, with growing numbers each week.

If you’re in Year 7, 8 or 9 why not join Miss Henderson every Monday after school from 2:55pm-3:40pm for some ceramic creations and messy making!

Take a look at our gallery of images below…

Dear Parents and Carers,

Every year, Co-op Academies Trust carries out an annual survey in all our academies and colleges. We survey all parents, students and staff, after which we review the results and put together action plans to make improvements where needed and do more of the things you tell us are going well. It is a hugely valuable experience and only works if everyone has their say.

This survey is entirely anonymous. Individuals cannot be identified and no attempt will be made to do so – the aim of the questions is to get an overall opinion and to see where we can do better. You do not have to answer all the questions, you are able to leave some blank if you prefer but we ask you to be honest and complete these in order for us to fully understand the wider picture.

You only need to complete the survey once and it closes on Monday 29 November 2021.

You can access the survey by using this link (click on it or type it into an address bar):

https://forms.gle/BuGyDSqeTjyi6Jg16

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Thank you for helping us to make the change and continue to provide an excellent education for your children.

Sincerely,
Chris Tomlinson – Chief Executive Officer

We are so proud as an academy to share the sporting success of two of our students in the world of cricket.

Year 11 student, Aide Hussain and his younger brother Haydier, Year 10, both play cricket for Lancashire with Aide being the captain of the under-16 team. Last year Aide toured in Pakistan and over the summer this year he travelled with his team to Mumbai to compete in a tournament. 

Both brothers love their cricket so much that they train every night after school. Aide trains for one session to work on his bowling and then goes to a further training session to work on his batting skills. His ambition is to play for England.

We wish both boys all the very best in their sporting careers and can’t wait to see how far they soar!