Acle Academy

Please join us for our parent workshop on understanding self harm on Thursday 2nd December at 6pm- 7pm.

On Wednesday 18th November, Mr. Bliss took 15 Year 8 boys to North Walsham Rugby Club for a skills clinic and tournament. Nine other schools from across the local area brought teams along to take part in the day and provided some stiff opposition for the boys. The students have been making remarkable progress in their PE lessons and have benefited tremendously from having the additional coaching provided by North Walsham once a week. The boys thoroughly enjoyed the morning's skills carousel working on all of the fundamentals of the game, including passing, tackling, rucking and kicking before moving into tournament matches in the afternoon. Acle were drawn in a pool along with Hellesdon, Stalham, Neatherd, and Jane Austen and blew all of the opposition away winning all of their pool games. A special mention has to be made for the performance against Hellesdon who had a team full of club players, all significantly larger in stature than our boys. An excellent tackling and rucking performance saw Acle win this match 2 tries to 1. Having won the pool, Acle played Aylsham in the final match. Again, a team full of club rugby players. A well fought match saw the game end in a fair 2-2 draw. In the awards ceremony at the end Leo was rightly named player of the day for Acle, for his excellent footwork and speed, and for scoring some exceptional tries during the games. An honourable mention must also be made for some of the other players who were outstanding across all of the games; Kenzie for his excellent ball carrying; Tommy for exceptional tackling and rucking across all of the games; and Stan for never been afraid to stick in a tackle, regardless of the size or speed of the opponent. A great day all round. Well done boys, I was very proud of you all!

Congratulations to Jasmine, Willow, William, Thomas, Catherine, Kira, Phoebe, Lewis, Aimee, Grace, Tasha, William, Alexander, Olly, Samuel, Sam and Matthew for their Star of the Week nominations.

Year 10 and 11 pupils enjoying their rewards lunch at McDonald's last week for their fantastic commitment to using GCSEPod as a key revision resource. Well done for all your hard work!

Congratulations to Ruby, Emma, Jasmine, Mason, Lewis, Lily, Cicely, Millie, Daisy and Esme for their Star of the Week nominations.

On Tuesday 15th November, the Year 10 and 11 basketball teams played their first fixtures as we look to expand our extracurricular offer. The Year 10s played against a very strong Sprowston team and were defeated 63-4. The Year 11s won their match 26-19 with Alfie W scoring an impressive 12 points for the team. Well done to all the boys involved!

Congratulations to Isobelle who was presented with the Wensum Trust award for her exceptional work ethic, determination and resilience.

Well done to Chloe, Millie, Maison and Kira for their amazing work on their murals. We look forward to seeing the finished pieces.

Here are a few photos from our service area drop-down day last week. There were a range of activities across our six service areas; Charity, Community, DICE (Diversity, Inclusion, Campaigns and Equality), Enrichment, Wellbeing and Study Support.