Sir Michael Wilshaw's Visit

On Monday 24th April, Sir Michael Wilshaw visited our school to see how amazing  Edna G. Olds Academy really is. Prior to the visit, he had heard many good things about our wonderful school. When coming into the year six classroom, he asked us lots of  questions which we were proud to answer on behalf of our school. During lunchtime, some children enjoyed dining with Sir Michael and asked him many questions about himself and his roles in education. Overall Sir Michael’s visit was intriguing and informative for all of us. 

By Zain

STEM Day

On Tuesday 28th March, Year 6 took part in a science, technology, engineering and maths day along with children from other L.E.A.D schools. We were set a variety of different challenges such as building the tallest tower possible which could hold a 'helicopter' out of only paper, glue and wooden sticks. Throughout the day we had to use our resilience, problem solving and creativity to complete each task. 

By Pupil Voice Council

Green Day

On 17th March 2017, Edna G. Olds Academy celebrated Green Day. Each class had different questions to investigate which had been chosen by Eco Council. In the afternoon, all of the children also participated in a special sharing session where they could tell each other about what they had learnt in the morning. Everybody thoroughly enjoyed the day and the experience of researching and finding out more about the environment.

By Eco Council / Pupil Voice Council

Core Behaviours Launch Day

On Friday 3^rd March 2017, we had a launch day for our ‘Core Behaviours’. As a school we have identified six characteristics that we believe are important to the children’s development both inside and outside of the classroom. Activities aimed at developing motivation, resilience, personal responsibility, courage, self-awareness and creativity took place throughout the school. It has been wonderful to see the children displaying character traits that will support them in becoming lifelong learners.

World Book Day

Yesterday Edna G. Olds Academy celebrated World Book Day by coming to school dressed as their favourite character from a story. We also had a special sharing afternoon where all of the children shared their favourite book and read a section to their partner from a different year group. It was great to see all of the children embracing World Book Day and having lots of fun.

By Sam    

Safer Internet Day 2017

 On 7th February 2017, Edna G. Olds Academy participated in the Safer Internet Day campaign. This global event was celebrated in over 100 countries and saw hundreds of organisations right across the UK and globally ‘be the change’ and help create a better internet.

To celebrate the day, the children at Edna G. Olds Academy participated in a special assembly and later enjoyed activities in their classrooms linked to the theme of ‘Be the change: Unite for a better internet’.

Mandarin Club

On Tuesday 31st January, a new new Mandarin Club was created by Lilian, who is a student at the University of Nottingham, at Edna G. Olds Academy. During the first session of the club, children from key stage 2 learned about the different pronunciation of letters in the Chinese language. In addition to this, they also learned how to say and write numbers in Mandarin.

By Faye