It's official! Colchester Academy is graded GOOD by OFSTED in all 4 categories! We have overturned 26 years of history. Well done all staff and students, plus a huge thank you to our very supportive parents. 😁
The staff at Colchester Academy have been donating food and toiletries to our local Foodbank. Our first delivery was 60 kg worth of produce and products, ready to support our local community every step of the way! A big thank you Miss Edwards.
#Colchesteracademy
#LoveLearning
World Book Day - credit to our very own published student author, Mykie Perkins in Year 10. For those of you who aren't aware, Mykie has written about his battle with cancer. This is a fantastic achievement. Well done Mykie!
#GetCaughtReading
#WorldBookDay2021
#studentauthors
Colchester Academy pupils have spent school time sending hundreds of letters and sharing their art work with care homes in Colchester. The feedback from the charity
#yopey
, the care homes and our students has been outstanding.
And they’re off! Year 7 & 8 students took part in a Colour Run this afternoon for Sports Relief. £300 raised, well done to all who ran the course and thank you Ms Bull for organising
#culture
#chatacter
Culture Day is in full swing. So proud of our fabulous students and staff.
Activities have included a form time quiz, dedicated curriculum time, and a cultural fair.
Final day in Berlin. Starting the day at the Berlin wall. Absolutely fantastic trip so far. Thank you to Andy from
@AngliaTours
- awesome fountain of knowledge.
Well done to our Year 10 students who cooked today with
@BootonTom
. An experience that they will never forget. A big thank you to
@BootonTom
for your time and your words of wisdom. Happy cooking!
#excellence
#respect
We have arrived in Berlin for our three day adventure. Breakfast and then we will be venturing out. Geographers, you can ponder on the cloud formation over Amsterdam.
They’ve finished! Well done Yr 11 D of E Silver Award students. You all did a fantastic job the last 3 days. Miss Kelly & Ms Robson are very proud of you 👍🏼
#resilience
#excellence
#respect
Our wonderful catering manager Rachael has been busy baking cakes for carers in care homes in Colchester. She’s providing 120 cakes via the Colchester Academy kitchen to 4 cares homes in Colchester, we think she is a superstar.
#communityhero
#colchesteracademy
#cakesforcarers
Congratulations to Mrs Betts and Miss Kelly who were both "Highly Commended" at the Essex Teacher Awards this week and to Mrs Murphy and Mrs Silver who both received Lifetime Achievement Awards. Well done ladies!
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What a week! Our amazing year 10s have been completing their spoken language assessments and yesterday our future year 7s spent the day getting a taste of life at Colchester Academy. Exciting times. Here's a sneak peak at our new values badges.
Our Health & Social Care students were invited to ICENI Centre at Colchester Hospital, which provides local, national & global healthcare professionals the opportunity to enhance their knowledge & skills. What a great learning experience!
WELL DONE to all students who have accessed work via reception, class charts or any other platform used by your class teachers. We are so impressed with the work that is coming back, you are showing clear determination and resilience!
#Colchesteracademy
#LoveLearning
The year 8's have done the school incredibly proud at the Big English Debate
@Uni_of_Essex
Their excellence was acknowledged and celebrated by the university who commented on how awesome and respectful our students are.
Josie (Year 8) has been painting murals on her bedroom walls (with permission of course!). The painting of 3 men at the table is from the TV series Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Fantastic art work Josie, well done!
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#LoveLearning
Hot diggety dog!! Meet my furiend Ellie who was in the Academy supporting some learning today. I’m having a pawsitively good day.
#learningelf
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A fantastic achievement from one of our year 9 students who has had his book published. Soon to be attending his book signing at the Houses of Parliament. Very proud. Can be purchased through Amazon via this link:
It's World Book Day! To celebrate, your teachers have been reading lots and lots. Can you guess which teacher is hiding behind their book?
#getcaughtreading
#worldbookday
Yr 9 Geography students recently entered a competition run by
@GFASouthwold
to design a virtual route for a Broads Junior Triathlon event. Congratulations to Maisie, Jack, Sienna and Erin who impressed the judges with their entries and each received a prize. Thank you Miss Kelly
Year 11 Rewards Trip to Wembley to see Arsenal Ladies v Chelsea Ladies. Well done to all those who earned their place on the trip and thank you Miss Bull & Miss Robson for driving the minibus!
Excellence in Computer Science. Students are currently revising for their end of topic assessment. Here are some superb pieces of revision work based on the FDE cycle and The CPU...
#excellence
#commitment
#culture
Study Skills Galore! Both Year 10, 11 and parents have enjoyed a study skills day today, run by our staff &
@_positivelyyou
. Students were fab and we were overwhelmed by the record number of parents who attended the evening. Thank you to everyone who participated.
Welcome to Colchester Academy! We have been very excited to meet all our year 7s today and they have done us proud! Welcome Year 7, you're going to be great!
This morning we were pleased to welcome Will Quince MP
@willquince
to the Academy. Mr Quince spoke to Year 11 students about public speaking ahead of a debating competition next month. Thank you for your time and for the tips you shared with students.
#Excellence
Some amazing examples of home learning from Jake in Year 8 who made a bivouac in the garden for a scout challenge, camped out over night in the garden, made homemade pizzas and has also planted (repotted) tomatoes he received from eco-club.
#Colchesteracademy
#lovelearning
Great online learning today. The benefit of
@Tassomai
&
@EDLounge
platforms is pupils get instant feedback so we are loving seeing who logged on today. Top of today’s leaderboard for Tassomai was Alexia & for EDlounge it was Chantelle. Well done
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#lovelearning
Dear Year 11,
Well done for great attendance to period 6, your hard work will certainly pay off! We are proud of you all!🏆🏆🎉
With you every step of the way! Every Minute Counts!
Mrs Ross
Wow, today was our best ever day on Tassomai & EDlounge! Top today in EDlounge is Tamzin. On Tassomai it’s a tie between Charlie, Strelly & Alfie. Tomorrow, we’ll reveal which year has topped the leaderboard for the week. Well done all of you
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#lovelearning