Spring Highlights – Trust Newsletter April 2021
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Thorns Collegiate Academy – Facebook Live – 4 March 2021
Thorns Collegiate Academy are running a Facebook Live session at 5.30pm on Thursday 4 March to give applicants a chance to find out more about the schools and ask the team any questions they have. Find out more about the…
Success in British Art Show 9 for Shireland students
Congratulations to Year 9 Shireland Collegiate Academy students Yuvraj and Sadiyah who were successful with their entries to the British Art Show 9 Art Challenge. The competition asked students to create a piece of Artwork around the title ‘Visions’. The…
Reporting COVID-19 over February half term
IMPORTANT: This information only applies to children who have been on the school site. Information on how to report COVID-19 symptoms after Friday 12 February during the half term holiday. Up to and including Sunday 14 February, email covid@shirelandcat.net giving your…
Shireland students chosen as Hippodrome’s Young Advocates
Three current students and one former student from Shireland Collegiate Academy have been chosen from over 300 applicants to be Birmingham Hippodrome Young Advocates. The Young Advocates are a group of young people aged 14-22 who will receive mentoring, training…
Sir Mark Grundy on panel for ‘digital transformation in schools’ webinar
Our CEO Sir Mark Grundy is taking part in a webinar panel on Tuesday 9 February exploring the role of digital transformation on our education system. The expert panel will discuss existing innovations and strategies they are leading on in…
Home Learning webinars with Sir Mark Grundy
Our CEO Sir Mark Grundy is giving a set of webinars next Monday 18 January on supporting Home Learning during school closures with eduu.school’s pre-prepared teaching and learning resources. The online sessions are hosted by our partner Hodder Education. There…
Kickstart placement vacancies still open
The Kickstart Scheme is a 6-month paid job with the Trust and its schools funded by the Government. Jobs from the Kickstart Scheme are open to 16-24 year olds, who are claiming Universal Credit, and are at risk of long…
DfE data increase for online learning
As you may have heard in the news the Department for Education (DfE) have increased their support to families and we are receiving a number of laptop devices to loan out to children who require them. As soon as we…
COVID-19 update for families – 6 January 2021
Below are letters for families of children at our primary schools and secondary schools. The letters explain the changes are happening as a result of the new national lockdown restrictions and how we will continue to support children’s learning through…