And last, but by no means least, we have
@burnage_academy
which has won the Secondary School of the Year award 👏
Well done from everyone at Tes!
#TesAwards
Well done to Karim who has completed a work placement with
@LSHAutoUK
Having sourced the placement himself, Karim conducted himself brilliantly and really impressed his employers. Well done!
#Mercedes
@CareersWeek
Massive congratulations to Hayider, Ahmed and others in 8E who raised £336.04 through their charity football tournament last half term. This money will go to the
@IslamicReliefUK
charity, chosen by the boys in 8E. Brilliant care and independence!
Congratulations to all our students today! It’s was great to see you all. We are very proud of you - always be the best you can be. 🎉🏆🎈
#resultsday2020
We’re incredibly proud to receive this award from the
@ssat
. It reflects the hard work and dedication of our staff and students. Well done everyone! 🏆🎉
⚽️Read all about last week's brilliant
@ManCity
Football Funday for Year 5 - an event we'll hopefully be repeating again in the future! Thank you to those who took part and supported, and of course to the
#mancity
coaches who ran the sessions
#mcfc
It is
#SecondarySchoolOfferDay
- congratulations to all Year 6 pupils who will be joining our school community in September!
☎️If you have any questions, please call us on 0161 4321527
In the meantime, here is a little something to get you excited about joining us...
Big week for Year 7. Tomorrow they'll be running 5km in aid of
@FrancisHouseCH
and on Thursday they will compete in our annual Helen Roberts Memorial Football Trophy raising money for
@TheChristie
🏃🏽♂️ ⚽️
Our
@beeinthecitymcr
,
#BeeDiverse
, is finished! Excellent work from all involved, and a lovely quote from Raheem to inspire it all, "together by chance, united by choice." 🐝
#Beeinthecity
Huge thank you to Eve from
@HerGameToo
for speaking to Yr9 today as part of our SMSC day looking at gender equality. We're big advocates of their work and support them hugely!
#HerGameToo
Today we say a fond farewell to one of our longest-serving and dearest members of the Burnage team. Mr Iqbal is leaving us after years of dedicated service.
We've just been to
@ManCityCouncil
with Uzair for the results of the
@mycthehive
MYP Elections.
Well done to the winning candidates, who will represent the youth of Manchester with pride!
1/2
#2022OurYear
We are delighted to confirm that we have won both the Mental Health and Wellbeing Award, and the Outstanding Contribution Award for an Outstanding School, College or University at the
@educatenorth
awards!
#ENA2024
Read more:
This was our final Yr9 History trip to
@mmu_law
facilitated by
@JusticeMuseum
. This was an extra special event as we had judges and barristers attending to assist our boys and give valuable insight into careers in law! Thanks to
@samhillas
@sallypenni1
@hayleyfrom9
A group of students attended their first
@BrilliantClub
event this week. They travelled to
@sheffielduni
to be part of the Scholar's Programme launch and are looking forward to their next session already!
Our Head Boy and Deputy Head Boy are going to the First World War battlefields tomorrow with
@WW1_Education
to look at where the men of Burnage fought and died. Proud to have representatives from the school at such a key event on the centenary year.
#Remembrance
Massive thank you to Mathew Rogers, Deputy Headteacher
@Burnage_Academy
for boys for allowing me to talk to the first year 9 group. Looking forward to meet further year 9 children over the next two months. The boys asked really good questions.
We're really proud to share our Year 8 student Shameer's first attempt at clay stop motion animation. It's brilliant - really creative and mesmerising.
@_SkillsForLife_
For industry week we invited two of our former students back to speak to Yr10 about working in TV and Theatre. We're really proud of how far they've come -
@aryan_bagha
with
@_Broad_
and
@IjazRana040
on
@Hollyoaks
Today, we remember the 22 lives lost in the Manchester Arena Attack on 22nd May 2017 and all those affected. A good chance to revisit the quote Rahim wrote last year, "Together by Chance, United by Choice"
#WeStandTogether
#WeAreManchester
It was an honour and privilege to host
@LordMayorOfMcr
Councillor Yasmine Dar and the Lord Mayor's Consort.
The Lord Mayor spoke about her journey, gave advice about dealing with adversity, never limiting yourself, and being kind to others.
Thank you for your inspiring words.
🗳 Our Deputy Head Boy is running for Manchester Youth Parliament.
Everyone 11-18 in Manchester should vote!
Read his manifesto below and vote for your choice here:
Our brilliant and caring staff volunteers have been delivering laptops to students across Manchester this afternoon. What a way to end this half-term! We can't thank everyone enough
@HuaweiUK
@GMdigital
@mceventsuk
#GMTechFund
and all our generous donors.
#StrongerTogether
We couldn't be more proud of Mjd - he's come so far! As well as being a brilliant ambassador for the
@YIscheme
& helping so many in school as a prefect, he's now worked with
@BBC_Teach
to create resources for KS2 PSHE. A true role model!
Another congratulations, this time to Armaan in Yr8, who was a finalist in the
@OfficialUoM
@UoMSchools
poetry competition. His work has been published in their online arts journal
@mancreview
. Read it here ⬇️
If you're planning to head out on one of our self-guided walks using one of our three spotters guides, don't forget to head to the tours section of our website to find out more about each stop!
@HeritageFundUK
@archivesplus
@SouthwayHousing
Yr11 history students attended a lecture by
@DavidOlusoga
OBE, at
@WhitworthArt
. The lecture was part of
#BlackHistoryMonth
exploring black history in the curriculum and being black British. Our boys asked some fantastic questions in the Q&A session after!
Thank you to
@JeffSmithetc
MP who visited us today to speak to pupils about the past year. It was great for them to share their perspective - we really appreciate you taking the time to listen to them.
One of our Y10 students showed real community spirit this morning, handing in a brand new
@Samsung
phone that had been dropped in the street. Phone owner located and reunited.
#burnage
#gooddeed
Last week we shared details of fundraising that pupils have done to support those impacted by earthquakes & flooding in Morocco & Libya.
We are proud to announce that the boys have raised a staggering £1074.49, which will be going to
@IslamicReliefUK
to support those affected.
Our pupils are sharing their ideas about parks across the city as part of work with
@PoliticsProject
and
@GMBeeWell
.
Brilliant work from our advocates and mental health ambassadors!
Filipos & Hakeem are ready for their speech at tomorrow's full
@ManCityCouncil
meeting. It's an honour for them (and us) to be able to share their thoughts ahead of the
#2022OurYear
campaign.
Please support our 'Laptops for Burnage' campaign to help our most disadvantaged students access learning from home. Any contribution will make a difference. From all at Burnage, thank you.
Later tweet than usual but important to share our
@WW1_Education
trip. First stop today: Passchendaele
@MMP1917
. Raph and Mohid looked at trench reconstructions on both sides, along with uniforms, weapons and waxwork figures. A moving and poignant day
#Armistice100
Community spirit in action! All hands on deck as we prepare resource packs to support students’ home learning from Monday. More details to follow tomorrow.
Our Climate Club went to
@GMGreenCity
#GMGreenSummit2022
today with
@AndyBurnhamGM
&
@bevcraig
to learn about slow fashion, how hydrogen can be used as an energy source, and about Manchester's wide-ranging greener energy projects. The club have lots of ideas for future projects!
This is our 4000th Tweet! We love sharing the work of our staff and students, keeping in touch with former pupils, and also making links with all of the brilliant organisations and people who support education across Manchester and the UK.
#independence
#resilience
#care
Our students are working hard at the
@PHSOmbudsman
on their placements as part of Industry Week
This really is an amazing opportunity for them - thank you and glad they're doing so well!
Our asymptomatic Covid-19 test centre is up and running. We’re proud to be helping our community stay safe and are very grateful to our fantastic community volunteers for giving their time to help.
#togetherness
#care
What a first day of summer school! One pupil said it has been 'the best day ever'. We had literacy, numeracy, drama & sport today. Students received a Burnage Academy bag, stationery and water bottle and got a taste for the delicious meals we have here too!
Sketchbook & art club students have been working on our
#BeeDiverse
@beeinthecitymcr
! Pupils liked the idea of celebrating the cultural diversity of the school and will be using language, flags & pattern to represent the diverse school community 🐝
#BeeInTheCity
All at Burnage Academy for Boys are deeply saddened by the news of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Our entire school community sends their sincere condolences to the Royal Family. Her long and dedicated service to the country is unparalleled.
We're delighted to be supporting this initiative to provide mobile phones to vulnerable members of our local community. Staff and pupils can donate working, unused mobile phones (with the charger) to Ms Wadeson's office in G14.
@MCCBurnage
@MCCDidsbury
@JeffSmithetc
@bevcraig
Outstanding performances from our KS3 & KS4 badminton 🏸 teams today at the City Wide Team Championships at
@wrhs1118
. Both finished 🥈! Well done to Keshap, Ateeque, Moeed, Sabeeh, Umar, Alan, Ali & Ibrahim. All through to the County finals!
Helen, deputy headteacher in Manchester, it's “cruel and unfair”
She tells
#5LiveBreakfast
“pupil’s futures can’t be based on an algorithm”
#5LiveYourCall
🏆 Exciting news - we have been nominated as a finalist in TWO prestigious national awards!
We have been shortlisted for 'Secondary School of the Year' at both the
@tes
Schools Awards & the
@TeachingAwards
!
We're so proud - read more here:
Our PE SMSC day for Y7 focused on charity and
@FrancisHouseCH
. In total, students raised £457.78! The three pictured raised a whopping £190 in sponsorship before completing their mile run. Great to see how much students
#care
about others and have a fantastic sense of
#community
.