Month: January 2018

Students collected 2,500 tins of food for those in need this winter

Students from every year group across Grace Academy collected 2,500 tins of food in a three-week appeal to help those in need this winter. The collection of tins and other non-perishable items will be distributed to struggling families through Birmingham City Mission and Renewal’s Helping Hands food delivery service. Commenting on the vital donations of…
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Staff sport festive knitwear to support Save the Children

Staff at Grace Academy have dusted off their festive knitwear and delighted students by sporting a host of Christmas favourites including Rudolf, Santa, Christmas Elves and even Polar Bears in a bid to support Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. Forty staff joined in the festive challenge to ‘make the world better with a sweater’…
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80 Chelmsley residents treated to free Christmas lunch and Victorian Christmas Fayre

    During a week of Christmas community festivities at Grace Academy, 80 elderly residents from Chelmsley Wood were treated to a free Christmas lunch with all the trimmings. Darren Gelder, the Academy’s Principal, joined staff and sixth form students to serve food at the lunch as residents, along with special guest the Rt Rev…
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Little Shop Of Horrors

Seymour and Audrey both work at Mr Mushnik’s Flower Shop in the down and out town Skid Row. One day, Seymour buys a strange and interesting plant who he names Audrey 2. Sadly, the plant soon starts to wilt and die, before Seymour discovers the only thing the plant will eat is…..BLOOD! As the plant…
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