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Hello all,

Happy New Year to all of our young people and their families. We hope that you have enjoyed a lovely break. It has been fantastic to welcome young people back into school!

Just another reminder as per our Autumn newsletter that there will be a parent/carer ...consultation evening on Tuesday 14th January. This will be for young people on main site only. A separate Sixth Form consultation session will be arranged later in the term. Details of this will be shared with families in due course.

Next Tuesday will be an opportunity for a short appointment with your child's teacher for maths and English and to meet with other subject specific teachers if required. Senior leaders will also be running several short sessions around qualifications and accreditations and to hopefully answer any questions that you may have. A letter will be emailed out today for families explaining the format of the evening and the process for booking appointments.

Graeme Musson
Head of Academy

We wanted to take this opportunity to wish all of our families a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Our newsletter has been posted out to all families via email today.
In front of the school gates there are three Christmas trees which are free to take if anybody would like them.
We ...are welcoming all of our young people back on Monday 06th January.

Clarke class have had a fantastic last week of term, they have enjoyed completing a number of activities including, making pizza, riding bikes and scooters and creating Christmas crafts to sell at Winter Wonderland tomorrow. Merry Christmas!9

I just wanted to communicate that we have had a really successful trip to the pantomime this morning and the young people who went have had an excellent time. Unfortunately, as we left the Sunderland Empire after the performance, the area had been cordoned off by the police who were conducting an ...operation to apprehend some young men in the nearby vicinity. Some of our groups have had to take alternative walking routes, and some groups were kept inside the Empire for a short period while the police directed people away from the area. Shortly afterwards, the police used force to make several arrests and some young people may have witnessed this despite best efforts from colleagues to divert everyone away from the situation. We will be speaking with all young people this afternoon to make sure that they are okay and that they have someone to talk to should they have witnessed anything unpleasant. I would like to thank our young people for their excellent conduct whilst out on the visit this morning, they have represented our school so well.

Many thanks,

Graeme Musson

Today Wharton class walked to Roker beach. We followed the river from St Peters to the sea front. It was a chilly day, but we all enjoyed the fresh air and exercise.
Hot chips at the beach followed by a stone and skimming competition in the sea.
On the way back we called in at the Glass ...Centre to warm up and watch some amazing glass blowing.

A reminder that our key stage 4 celebration assembly will take place on Thursday at 2pm.

All families are welcome to celebrate the end of term at our Winter Wonderland event on Friday at 1pm.