Month: February 2017

Lauren Croot is celebrating making the West Midlands Metropolitan County School team after competing in trials against over 30 other girls from Year 9 in the West Midlands area. Only 16 girls made it into the final team and Lauren said, “Getting into the county team is, in my eyes, a big achievement for me and…
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Students from Year 7 to Post 16 spent three weeks collecting 3200 food and toiletry items to donate to Birmingham City Mission and Renewal’s Helping Hands Food Bank. Matt Loader, Youth and Schools worker at Birmingham City Mission, said, “It is with many thanks again this year that Birmingham City Mission receives a share of…
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Turkey with all the trimmings, Christmas pudding, and a healthy serving of The Nativity performed by students, helped 70 elderly residents to share in the festive cheer this Christmas.  Age UK also added to the community spirit with a chocolate hamper raffle prize to raise money for the charity. Darren Gelder, Principal of Grace Academy…
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December newsletter 2016

Hayden Steven and Katerina Bellou were voted in as Head Boy and Girl for Grace Academy after a rigorous assessment process which involved making a speech to other prefects.  Their peers were then invited to vote on who they thought would make the best Head Boy and Girl, and votes from the teachers were also…
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A bit of frivolity, and a healthy portion of pie, inspired over 20 Grace Academy parents and students to try their hand at sonnet and rhyme on National Poetry Day. The idea behind the Poetry and Pie evening was to get families to try writing their own poetry in a fun, hands-on environment. The home-grown…
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It’s been ‘Back to School’ again for some Grace Academy parents who have joined other members of the community to brush up their functional skills in English and Maths. The free, government-funded courses run by Solihull College & University Centre, have been hosted by Grace Academy and, for some of the adult learners involved, come…
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Students at Grace Academy Solihull are limbering up for the challenges ahead on new outdoor gym equipment worth over £14,000. The gym forms part of a wider investment in the outdoor area of the Academy totalling £30,000 this year, including new basketball hoops, an outdoor canopied seating area and potted plants. Year 7 student Lee…
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  Students from Grace Academy Solihull, nominated for the Personal Achievement Award sponsored by IM Group, were treated to an all-expenses paid trip to London. On the itinerary were a theatre trip to see The Lion King, and a whirl wind tour of Buckingham Palace, 10 Downing Street, The London Eye and The London Dungeon. …
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  Year 11 Grace Academy student Katerina Bellou has become an outstanding winner of the Solihull Junior Volunteer Award after taking part in a leadership academy run by Unity Trust over half term. Unity Trust, a company consisting of schools and academies within North Solihull, organised a leadership training course at Grace Academy to enable…
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