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Duke’s Aldridge Academy were in the top three performing schools in England for their implementation of Accelerated Reader. The nomination recognizes student progress made and the successful administration of the reading program. For the past 3 years we have been the first secondary school in the country to be awarded Master School status and over 60% of our classes were awarded Masterclass: both awards requiring high levels of comprehension and reading stamina.
Year 8 RE students had a tour of Westminster Abbey, with a focus on Christian Life and Worship. Students explored how symbols help Christians to worship and live the Christian life.
They learned about how symbolic objects, actions and images are used in baptism, marriage and funerals. They were especially fascinated by how many Monarchs and other Key figures are buried here!
Congratulations to our Year 7 students on successfully completing the Challenge Mentoring Programme in partnership with Linklaters law firm and Challenge Partners.
It was wonderful to share the experience with so many family members attending the celebration event at Silk Street on Wednesday 5th December. Ms K Lloyd
Well done to all of the competitors who took part in ‘Duke’s Got Talent 2018’. We witnessed an amazing evening of talent that included dance, spoken word poetry, original compositions, rap, musicianship and stand up comedy. The competition was tight but after much wrangling the Heads of House unanimously awarded Naphtali (Wallis House) first place for his incredible dance piece – a real crowd-pleaser. Second place went to Ubaidul (Tull House) who stunned the audience with an emotional and heartfelt rap. Third place was shared equally by Filip (King House) for his amazing stand up routine, Weronika (Adkins House) for her incredible self-penned song and Alice (Byrne House) for her excellent piece of spoken word poetry.
