News from Etonbury Academy

We have been delighted to welcome back our parents/carers into the school with our first Information evening held for those moving into our Secondary school next year and our year 8 parents who have children moving towards their GCSE years. We have also welcomed a number of prospective parents also looking to move their child to Etonbury next year.

Our wider community has been supporting our older students by providing an insight into their careers in veterinary science, medicine and ecology. Mrs Evans, Head of Science, has been overwhelmed by the offers of support from you all and we are very grateful. Over the coming months as our Year 10s and 11s start to consider their futures, we know these will become increasingly popular sessions, so if you are happy to support these please get in touch with us if you are happy to share your valuable experiences. They have also been hearing from the Sixth Form and Colleges in the area to support them with their decisions.

The Etonbury Academic Mentoring Programme, an Etonbury initiative to get to know more about our individual children has accelerated in recent weeks with every member of our academic staff meeting with every child to discuss their aspirations and targets, help them build their confidence and encourage them to be the best that they can be.

The school is going from strength to strength with ambitious leaders, setting high expectations and driving new initiatives to ensure we remain in the TOP 100 UK PERFORMING AND IMPROVING SCHOOL. We have made plans for parents forums, surveys, coaching sessions, enhanced staff training and sharing best practice. Our extra curricular activities are growing with international status too. We are looking forward to supporting our Debate Club who are up against a school in Zimbabwe in the first round of an international debating competition in the next few weeks. Our Student Voice attended a mini Climate Change conference and discussed ways to improve the school environment. Mrs Wendy Young, Head of History, led our Black History Month sharing the inspiring achievements of many across the work, with discussions in form times, and created further opportunity to strengthen our curriculum content on equality and diversity.

The teachers are pleased to be booking trips which are an important part of providing different experiences within our curriculum for all our students. Bookings so far include theatre trips to London, a Geography field trip abroad, a WW1 Battlefields trip to France, visit to Warner Brothers Studio, Borough Market and adventure trips including rock climbing. Our Year 5 children returned from their residential trip having taken part in numerous activities including blindfolded ropewalks, climbing, archery, night walks and abseiling.

Many of you will have been following Mr Pullinger, Etonbury Head of PE, who ran 7 marathons in 7 days alongside his close friend in early October. They were raising money for Multiple Sclerosis and Motor Neurone Disease, and with your support, they raised an amazing £20K. He showed incredible stamina and determination, and I think you will agree that he is a fantastic role model for our children. He is very grateful for all your support.

We have lots of exciting projects to strengthen links with our community including a local history project, sixth form developments and more events for you to join us in the new year. From everyone at Etonbury Academy we wish you all a restful Christmas break and a very Happy New Year.

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