HWA Blog - 12.7.24

This week has been jam-packed with exciting events and achievements at Hollinwood Academy. Firstly, I must celebrate the super SATs results received by our Year 6 students. We are extremely proud of their hard work and dedication that enabled them to excel in these assessments.

On Monday and Tuesday Mr Heap, Miss Callaghan, Mr Ottoway and Mr Leeson supported some of our year 10 students on their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh overnight expedition to Castleshaw. Once they arrived there on Monday morning, they had a great day exploring and hiking almost 13 miles around Castleshaw and its surroundings. They all had a good night’s sleep (once they got to sleep) and they were up, dressed, breakfast had and ready to go again for another day of map reading, hiking and orienteering.

Next week, Mr Heap, Mrs Bennett, Mr Ottoway and Mr Leeson will be taking a number of year 11 students on their Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh overnight expedition to Hardhurst Farm. We have five students taking part in the silver expedition Monday to Wednesday and then a further four students continuing to finish their Gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition all day Wednesday and Thursday. What an achievement this is for our students, we are extremely proud of your hard work, resilience and dedication.

On Wednesday, we held our secondary rewards trip to Ashton Cineworld: cinema, food and bowling. The students and staff had a fantastic time watching Inside Out 2 and bowling against their friends. It was such a privilege to see our students enjoying themselves and also seeing their exemplary behaviour whilst representing their school! Well done everyone!

Reward Trip

Our Year 6 students had a fantastic end of year celebration as they embarked on a residential trip to Gulliver's World. We were delighted to see the children enjoying themselves and having a wonderful time at the theme park. It has truly been a memorable experience for all involved.

Let’s see what some of the classes have been doing starting with Mr Corrigan’s class…

English 

"Through Talk for Writing, we have been retelling and innovating, "The Internet is Like a Puddle." This approach has allowed our students to develop their comprehension skills, creativity, and confidence in expressing themselves through writing. "

English (MCN 12.7.24)

Maths 

"This term we have been telling the time to quarter to and quarter past, interpreting and presenting data in statistics, and exploring left and right turns in position & direction.  "

Maths (MCN - 12.7.24)

Science 

"This term our students have been engaging in a range of experiments to deepen their understanding of forces and magnets. The children have been able to explore the different types of forces at play in our world and understand how magnets interact with each other and various materials."  

Science (MCN - 12.7.24)

Geography 

"This term we have been exploring areas where rainforests are located, the people who reside in these regions, and how they utilise the rainforests in their daily lives. "

Geography (MCN - 12.5.24)

 Art 

"This term the focus has been on exploring and creating textures in our artwork by experimenting with different materials and techniques. "

Art (MCN 12.7.24)

 Farm trip 

"It was wonderful to see the children truly enjoy themselves during our farm visit. The range of activities, from seeing the animals up close to toasting marshmallows around the bonfire, provided a valuable learning experience in a fun and engaging way. "

Farm Trip (MCN 12.7.24)

Music

Music (MCN - 12.7.24)

Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education

PE (MCN - 12.7.24)

Phonics

Phonics (MCN - 12.7.24)

Now to Miss Waterman’s form…

"This term in CWN we have been focusing on accessing the wider community as we continue to grow into adulthood! The students have loved being ‘out and about’ visiting places of familiarity and new places to explore! 

As the final academic year draws to an end, as a team in CWN, we are more than confident that our wonderful students are ready to progress onto their next steps! We’ve spent the past two years working hard and building portfolios for our qualification submissions this term and as a class we could not be prouder of the hard work they have put into it. They have completed qualifications in Engaging in Team Activities, Going on a Prepared Visit, Preparing Drinks and Snacks and Taking Part in a Creative Activity; all under the Pre-Vocational Study Entry Level 1 with Pearsons BTEC.

Mariam’s been our real-life Disney Princess over the last 2 years, singing and dancing the days away, making wonderful memories! We especially have great memories of our time shared in Disneyland Paris and we are so pleased to have been able to share this experience with her! Her infectious smile, kind nature and hard working attitude will truly be missed by all that had the pleasure of working alongside her over her final years here.

We’ve encouraged Katie to try new things, take part in activities she may enjoy and continued to explore the wider community – Katie may not have enjoyed all of these opportunities but has made her own decisions along the way and we will continue to encourage choice and independence. Katie’s infectious bundle of energy and giggles will be truly missed throughout Hollinwood Academy but especially within our class.

Aiden has been developing his independence, progressing his academic skills and growing into a humorous, caring and kind young man. This final term we’re working on his transitions and preparation to his destination further Hollinwood Academy. We’ve encouraged Aiden to try new things, take part in activities he usually wouldn’t and continued to explore the wider community – all these aspects have helped Aiden with the skills needed for what comes next. Aiden has shown determination during lessons and has especially taken to Trampolining in PE with Mr Leeson.

It is with such great sadness that we say goodbye to our class but as they leave, we feel an immense feeling of pride as teaching staff. So a HUGE good luck to Mariam, Katie and Aiden, we can’t wait to hear about your next achievements. "

CWN - 12.7.24

Now to Mr Gold’s science lessons…

"This half terms topic for the year 7’s has been about energy. They have been learning about different forms of energy and how it can be transferred from one form to another. They have also been learning about renewable and non-renewable forms of energy, how to calculate the cost of energy and ways of saving energy in the home.

Year 8 have been learning about Forces. They have had the opportunity to explore air resistance, friction and streamlining through practical investigations which they have all enjoyed.

The year 9 topics this half term has been waves. This topic has included sound waves, light waves and electromagnetic waves. They have been able to discover the laws of reflection and refraction through practical investigation.

The year 10’s have been working hard and completed a topic on chemical change and electrolysis and are coming to the end of a topic on radioactivity. They have been using skittles to model and help them understand the Half-Life of radioactive materials. "

PGD - 12.7.24

Now to our amazing SUPER STARs and HWA We Trust STARs...

Mrs Lerigo’s STAR of the week is Effy for completing all the actions in Talk 4 Writing and repeating some of the text.

Mrs Lerigo’s HWA We Trust STAR is Teddy for trusting new children on the yard and playing with them beautifully.

Miss Bramley’s HWA We Trust STAR is Harry for being a super kind friend and making sure that no one is ever left out. 

Miss Pietraszewska’s STAR of the week is Roman for engaging in play with his best friend Diana and having conversations together.

Miss Pietraszewska’s HWA We Trust STAR is Roma for communicating her needs and wants this week with minimal prompt. Well done Roma!

Miss Oakley’s STAR of the week is Ziyan for having a great week in school and trying so hard in stage 3 of attention autism.

Miss Oakley’s HWA We Trust STAR is Euan for always being such a happy and smiley member of our class.

Miss Bailey’s STAR of the week is Ohud for being a great helper in class and following instructions independently.

Miss Bailey’s HWA We Trust STAR is Maja for showing amazing progress in her independence and personal care.

Mrs Quinn’s STAR of the week is Riley for some fantastic work on 3D shapes in his maths lessons this week.

Mrs Quinn’s HWA We Trust STAR is William for finding lots of pictures beginning with ‘w’ in his phonics lessons this week.

Mr Corrigan’s STAR of the week is Maya for some great independent writing this week.

Mr Corrigan’s HWA We Trust star is Lewis for some wonderful communication this week.

Mr Corrigan’s WOW moments go to Louis, Faiha and Stanley. Well done!

Miss Boothroyd and Miss McDonald’s STAR of the week is Loki for sharing with his friends.

Miss Boothroyd and Miss McDonald’s HWA We Trust STAR is Cole for trying his best with his writing this week.

Miss Boothroyd and Miss McDonald’s Dojo winner is Shane. Well done!

Miss Hulme’s STAR of the week is Thomas for trying super hard with his handwriting in English.

Miss Gittins’ STARs of the week are Hadley for showing excellent resilience all week and Ollie for having brilliant behaviour at Gulliver’s World.

Miss Gittins’ Super Spellers are… Well done!

STARS of the Week (12.7.24)

Scientists of the week is Harrison from Miss Pietraszewska’s class.

NPA Scientist of the Week

Next week we finish for the summer break on Friday 19th July and it is that time of year that we say goodbye to some of our students and staff as they move on in September to new schools and colleges. I do not know where the time has gone. Next week, we have Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition, careers fair, social club intervention trip, Student Council Summer Festival and the year 6 leavers assembly. What a week to look forward to.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Millard