Letter to Parents re School Closure – 19.03.2020

20th March 2020Mr J Rennalls

19th March 2020
Dear Parents/Carers
Following the Government’s decision to close schools until further notice, we are putting a number of practices in place during these exceptional times.
As all examinations for Year 11 have been cancelled by the Government due to the COVID-19 measures with immediate effect, Year 11 have finished their schooling.
  • Friday 20th March 2020 – will be the last day for Year 11. I will be posting home a letter to Year 11 students and parents.
  • Friday 20th March 2020 – will be the last day of term for students in Years 7 – 10.
The Academy will remain open for its own students who are children of key workers and where supervision at home is not possible from Monday 23rd March 2020.
A final letter for this term and arrangements for students learning from home will be published here on our website on Friday 20th March.
I will of course update you on any new developments as they happen.
I wish you all the best in these difficult times. Stay positive.
Ms M Duncan
Principal

Cornovirus Update Letter – 04.03.2020

11th March 2020Mr J Rennalls

4 March 2020

Dear Parent/Carer

As you will be aware the government continues to update its advice regarding the COVID -19 (coronavirus) outbreak. As a school, we are planning for a range of eventualities and continue to follow government guidance to protect students, staff and visitors. At present the school continues to run as normal, with all timetabled activities, including lessons, extra-curricular activities and trips taking place as planned. We are reviewing government guidelines daily and will be in touch with parents/carers if the guidance changes significantly.

In the meantime, we have shared the appropriate government guidance with all students and visitors to the site and would ask that you familiarise yourselves with it in order to keep our school community as safe as possible.
(https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public).

Thank you for your continued support.

Yours sincerely,

Ms M Duncan
Principal

 

Renaissance Awards 2019

15th December 2019Mr J Rennalls

And the winner is…

The Terry Paul Award

In memory of Terry Paul, the late co-founder of Renaissance who was truly passionate about accelerating learning for all, we give the Terry Paul Award each year to an individual. Whether a teacher, educator, or someone influential in the education world, we select someone who embodies Terry’s ambition to help all children achieve their potential.

Winner: Eileen Bolton, Duke’s Aldridge Academy

Eileen works at Duke’s Aldridge Academy in north London. Her school has been using Accelerated Reader since 2008, and signed up to the Renaissance School Partnership programme in 2014. Her dedication to generating reading enthusiasm is unmatched: from stopping a busy Jacqueline Wilson on the street to record a quick video message for her students, to attending the Haringey children’s book award laden down with a pile of books to be signed and take back to school, she is creative and imaginative in her ways of inspiring young readers. She is always happy to help other schools too, and we can personally name several schools that have changed the way they implement Star Assessments after watching Eileen and her class. Hers is the only UK school to have achieved Master School certification five years in a row.

Our judges said: “We admire the way Eileen exemplifies Renaissance’s mission statement in her school and throughout the UK: she is surely what Terry Paul would have had in mind when thinking of an educator determined to accelerate learning for all.”

As well a trophy the award carries a £500 book voucher for library books.