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This term as part of World Book Day celebrations students in Year 7-9 have participated in the Young Writer’s Twisted Tales Creative Writing competition. As part of this competition students had to create their own retelling of a well-known fairy tale from the perspective of the villain in under 100 words. Over 150 students entered…
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The Sustainable Travel Team at Solihull MBC, are currently running ‘Dr Bike’ projects around the school’s in the borough to help young people keep their bikes safe and roadworthy. They visited Grace Academy last week and MOT’d 26 of our students’ bikes making their journey to and from school safer. Some of the works carried…
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World Book Day is a huge charity event which is celebrated across the world especially in schools and community groups. This year was the 25th Anniversary of Word Book Day and like always Grace Academy Solihull students and staff celebrated this special occasion. Each year we mark World Book Day at the academy with the…
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Our Academy Ambassadors are valued student leaders who are making a huge impact on student life. These students identify opportunities in school to improve their experience, plan a project, present to Mr Gelder and then they implement the project . Below Scarlet describes a project our Environment Ambassadors launched this half term, and the impact…
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National Science week went with a bang here at Grace Academy with students being given the opportunity to further develop their knowledge and love for science during our lunchtime activity sessions. Students explored how science affects their daily lives by discovering the role of the heart, examining it’s structure and discussing how that helps it…
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Well done to the Year 8 girl’s football team on winning the North Solihull Girls Football League. The team have played a total of 22 games, and remain unbeaten, winning 14 and drawing 8 which is an outstanding achievement. The girls have also progressed through to the Semi Finals of the Solihull League cup. Our…
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PE Leadership Academy Well done to the following students who have successfully gained a place in the new PE Leadership Academy; Mason Shaw, Matthew Smith, Tyrese Salmon, Dan Dean, Jacob Harding, Ben Hayward, Luke Guest, George Cornwall, Scarlett Colder, Kayla Davison, Katie Grice, Skye Foster, Ella Louise Jackson, Morgan Jones, Lacey Hector, Jessica Hurley, Katie…
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As part of National Online Safety Day we are sharing the Government’s ‘Stop Abuse Together’ initiative: A new government resource to help keep children and young people safer online. Research tells us that most children won’t tell anyone at the time of their abuse. That’s why it’s important for everyone to know how to spot…
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