All schools across our Trust have been working collaboratively to recognise and celebrate key dates in the PSHE calendar. These are in addition to other events that will also be taking place in our individual schools. We are very proud to share our Matrix Academy Trust Personal Development Calendar which gives details of the events where our schools have come together to produce a wide range of activities for our pupils. These events will be recognised through a combination of assemblies and form time activities as well as their importance being widely publicised through our social media platforms and in schools through displays, posters and TV screens. For some events, there will be additional activities planned such as competitions to engage our learners in the real meaning of these days.

There is a wide range of days recognised to acknowledge different faiths and groups as well as promote very important themes such as equality, diversity, wellbeing and British Values. This project epitomises the real spirit of collaboration in our school as well as our commitment to ensuring that our pupils have the knowledge and skills to not only keep themselves safe but be ready and able to make a valuable contribution to society.

Well done year 9 pupils who have worked with Mrs Morris to produce some amazing desk tidies. Pupils have had to show their design and creativity skills, problem solving skills as well as practical woodworking skills to create these fantastic pieces.

One of our Year 13 students, E.Jones, is going to Tanzania for a month over the summer where she will be involved in working on three different community projects.

As part of her fundraising for this expedition, her peers supported her with a charity samosa sale in school.  They raised £62 to add to the pot.  Thank you to everyone who supported this event.

We will be selling more next week!

A selection of students from years 7 and 8 took part in a Talent ID day at West Bromwich Albion’s Academy centre today. The day consisted of a 7aside format tournament against a host of local secondary schools in the region. The aim of the programme is to provide an opportunity for talented footballers to showcase their abilities with the possibility of being scouted and providing a platform for them to progress through into an elite academy performance system. Our students performed magnificently reaching the final of the tournament, beating strong competition along the way only to lose to Sandwell Academy in the final.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new rewards trip to Drayton Manor on Thursday 12^th June for Years 7-10. This is a fantastic opportunity for pupils to earn their place on the trip by achieving 96%+ attendance and behaviour ratio from between 24^th March- May 23rd