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In recent French lessons, Y7 students completed a project about crepes and their importance in French culture. They learned all of the ingredients used to make a crepe and studied a recipe in French. They were then set a challenge to make their own crepe and either produce a video or a storyboard outlining how they went about it.

Year 9s have been producing magazines in Spanish recently -  take a look at a couple of them:-

What are we doing?
To help celebrate Earth Day this week, 28 Year 7 students have planted five sapling trees within our school grounds. We have been lucky enough to be selected as one of only 20 schools across the country, to work with The Tree Council. The purpose of planting the trees is twofold: firstly, to join in the effort to mitigate the global issue of climate change at a local level via the strategy of afforestation. Secondly, after lockdown, students working outdoors, in nature and together, is part of our school plan to improve wellbeing.

It was brilliant to restart inter college sporting competitions this week.  The Year 7 students were the first playing football and later this week will be the Year 7 hockey competition.  All the results will be counted for the College Cup.

Josh Moody from Year 7 was delighted to learn that he had been selected as the winner of the Annual Christmas Card Competition,

Mr Keating today presented the newly appointed Head and Deputy Head Boy and Girl with their badges.  The successful students were appointed after undergoing a rigorous interview process.  They are all college captains.

Year 7 Ruby Strong plays for the Headlanders netball club in Darlington.

Hummersknott once again marked the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month with an observation of the national silence. A bell rang to mark the start of the silence and it was concluded, as it has been for many years now, with the Last Post being played in the hub.

During lockdown Year 9 student, Jonah Cooper's Mum was looking at Facebook, when she spotted a national competition to promote rail safety, with a prize of a GoPro Hero8 bundle.

Victory in Europe Day/ VE Day took place on 8 May 1945. It was a public holiday and day of celebration to mark the defeat of Germany by the Allied forces in World War 2.

Finlay Thomas from Year 7 took part in the 2020 European Karate Championship at the weekend.

Well done to our Yr 7 team of Owen, Faith and Ted, through to the regional finals of the French spelling bee.

Y11 student Harriet Rogers is combining preparing for her forthcoming GCSEs with competitive swimming.  

35 of the Academy's most able maths students from years 9, 10 and 11 recently sat the Uk Intermediate Maths Challenge.