A big shout out to our very own Mrs Fozard who decided to use her extraordinary talent to benefit others. One week and 33 paintings later, she has raised £500 for
@WfldHospice
!! 👏 😊
@accordmat
Well that's week one back in Lockdown complete & what a successful week it was, thanks to all of you; our pupils, parents/carers & staff! Thanks also to everyone who took the time to offer such wonderful feedback 👇 we're very grateful. Together we're a team and we've got this!👏
Just wanted to say a huge thank you to all of our teachers, staff and volunteers who have worked incredibly hard so far this week in our testing centre! A big thank you also goes to our pupils for their exemplary behaviour! 🙌
Year 11, we loved seeing you for results day today and sharing your achievements. Good luck with whatever you choose to do from here... You'll be missed!
Today all of our Year 8 students were taught the vital CPR skills as part of the International Re Start a Heart Initiative. Thank you to to all the volunteers who came to help out, all our students have gained vital skills today!
#restartaheart
#worldrestartaheart
@yorksambulance
Today has been an amazing final day to our summer school! Pupils took on the role of different types of musicians, experiencing Indian Dohl Drumming, Caribbean Steal Pans, Junk Percussion. They played in a rock band and used our Boomwhackers! We've even had our Ice Cream Man in!
Year 11 student Jordan has just signed a 2 year scholarship contract with Barnsley Football Club - his achievement follows years of commitment to his sport, and is a testament to his dedication and discipline. Well done Jordan - we wish you all the best in your sporting career.
Out of hospital cardiac arrests are still happening across the UK, and by learning and performing CPR, you could be the difference between life and death. For this reason, our Year 8 pupils had the chance to learn vital skills today in a special visit from
@YorksAmbulance
❤️
A big shout out to Maisy who took part in Macmillan Cancer Support's Brave the Shave yesterday. Maisy, we’re so proud of you - what a star! It's not too late to donate, just visit 👏🤩
Senior prefects Kenzie, Eliza and Ashley turned on Ossett Christmas lights on Saturday, in front of a festive gathering of members of the local community, friends and families 💡🎄⭐️The Christmas countdown is officially on! 🎅
YEAR 11!! You've finally reached the end of your time with us and what a time it has been!
We wish you all the very best of luck with whatever you choose to do from here…See you on results day!
Until then, check out Student SharePoint for some photos from this morning!👋🥰
A great start to the morning with our Sports Leaders helping Year 6 pupils with their induction into the Academy. The morning kicked off with a bit of a sing a long with teachers from our Music department!
Today has been a successful first day of the summer school at Ossett Academy where students have experienced a STEAM day, completing tasks to answer the question, "What if Disney had STEAM?"...
A huge well done to Year 7's James, Year 8's Jack & Year 9's Bailey who have been selected for Yorkshire Cricket regional teams, following trials over Easter!
As only 18 cricketers are chosen per age group for each of the 4 Yorkshire regions, it's a fantastic achievement!!🏏
Thank you to
@JamiePeacock10
for joining us this morning for a live Shape Your Future event for years 7 to 9 at Ossett Academy &
@HorburyAcademy
. Former Leeds Rhinos & England RL player, Jamie, delivered a speech around resilience to inspire pupils to be the best they can be. 🙌
Our huge congratulations go to our very own Danny Wassell who will start a two-year football scholarship with Championship side, Sheffield Wednesday, on 1st July 2020! Find out more at
#sportingsuccess
👏👏
Just a quick congratulatory note to say that there have been over 2800 pieces of work submitted on Show my Homework from pupils at Ossett Academy and Accord Sixth!....WOW! What a great positive work ethic, we're proud of you 🙂
Today, students went back in time to try and scupper the gunpowder plot, and learned about the science of gunpowder & fireworks by making sparklers. They witnessed the story of Macbeth & took the part of a juror to decide whether Macbeth could be innocent in a Mock court trial!
As of 11.30 this morning, 1278 students had logged in to Show My Homework to complete today's tasks! Well done and keep it up! Your teachers are there to support your learning, answer any questions and provide feedback.
@Showmyhomework
Our on-site testing is now complete with a total of 4043 tests carried out! Thank you once again to our testing team, and to our pupils for their exemplary behaviour with the testing process 🙌
We just wanted to say a huge well done to Megan who has won the Rotary Club National Award and the Rotary Young Citizen Award and is being filmed by the BBC! Megan has raised over £38,000 for charities as well as delivering over 1,500 food parcels during lockdowns!
We're proud to report that 25 Year 11 leavers have achieved their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Certificate of Achievement!
This is particularly great given the impact of the last two academic years! Pupils stayed motivated & completed all sections: Voluntary, Skill & Physical 🙌
Our Year 9 boys' football team have topped off their impressive season, winning their 4th bit of silverware this year! We were fantastic on the day and came out on top, winning 5-2! Well done!
🏆 𝐀 𝐜𝐮𝐩 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞! 🏆
Congratulations to our Year 10 Boys' Football Team, who ran out 4-0 winners in Wednesday's Wakefield Boys' Year 10 Division One League final.
A second trophy secured! Incredible!
After much deliberation, the winners of our decorate an Easter egg competition are...Paige Medows, Kyle Grace and Martyna Stefanek for these fabulous entries!! 👇🥚 Well done to everyone who took part, we had some brilliant entries!
@accordmat
An emphatic win for our Year 9 boys football team as Booth makes history against Cathedral!
Read Mr Bull's match report at ..... 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙩..... there are 15 reasons to smile! ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
@accordmat
Day 3 of summer school at Ossett Academy and it has been another fun packed day. Students experienced a day in space where they learned about forces to launch rockets, stepped inside our very own planetarium, and worked for NASA coding a Mars Rover!
What a brilliant afternoon we had hosting a rounders tournament for pupils from
@IPMATGawthorpe
and
@SouthdaleSchool
. It was lovely to see our Year 9 Sports Leaders, who were umpiring the games, helping the players and cheering them on.
A big
#thankholiday
to the NHS staff and other key workers for all they are doing, including staff across the Accord Multi Academy Trust! 👏🙌
@accordmat
Pupils have continued to share their love for reading by creating a library drop box for
@SouthdaleSchool
. 📖
We hope the recipients enjoy their delivery!
Our
#celebrations
and
#rewards
Positive Recognition Week got underway yesterday, when approximately 113 students in years 7 and 11 attended our Rewards Tuck Shop & Slushy Bar for some chill time as a thanks for their continued hard work & commitment to
#learning
. More to come!
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 ✅
Well done to all of the Year 10 pupils who completed the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Expedition last week!
Your behaviour was commended by members of the public, and we couldn't be prouder of how you worked together throughout.
Mr Green, with two academy representatives, attended Ossett's Remembrance Service today, laying wreaths on behalf of our academy. Year 11 senior student team demonstrated their respects at our own memorial and Art Club's poppies were put up in the town centre. Lest we forget...
We want to offer congratulations to our amazing cohort of pupils who received their results today!
Your achievements are so thoroughly deserved!
#GCSEResults
We had a wonderful Induction Day yesterday for our new Year 7 cohort and it's lovely to see our remaining year groups this morning....sunshine and smiling faces, what else could we ask for 🙂☀️
Year 9's Libby is set to feature on Look North today after writing and publishing a novel during the latest Lockdown!
'The Girl with the Kindest Touch' is available to purchase on Amazon at
Find out more 🙌
Ossett Academy & Accord Sixth Form join the nation in expressing our deepest sympathies following the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
In the coming days we will offer support to our pupils and academy community in paying their respects during this period of national mourning.
WATCH! Today we came together in our
#festivalofremembrance
for those who fought and died in conflicts past and present. Our senior students led the ceremony, marking the end of a full week of activities across the academy. We are truly proud of you all!
#poppy
Students received a very hoppy welcome into the academy this morning! 🐰 🐰🐰...Remember we break up for Easter at the end of the day today, returning on Tuesday 23 April ☀️
On 28 April we're holding our Year 10 Mock Interview Day and we're on the lookout 👀 for volunteers with experience of interviewing!
Could you spare a few hours in the school day to interview pupils? We'll supply the questions so no prep required.
Email iag
@ossett
.accordmat.org
It was an honour to be visited by two members of the
@rafredarrows
yesterday!
Joe, a former Ossett pupil, spoke to our Year 10s about life in the
#RedArrows
and the incredible opportunities that it brings.
Today we gathered as one, commemorating upcoming
#Armistice
Day, to remember and honour those who have sacrificed themselves to secure and protect our freedom.
#Armistice100
#Armistice201
To all those students and families who have been allocated Ossett Academy as their secondary school, hello!!!! We're looking forward to welcoming you to our academy later this year! 👋
A hard-fought victory for the Year 10 Football Team earned them three points in the league and a place in the next round of the County Cup, thanks to a 3-1 victory over Castleford! ⚽
The Player of the Match went to Zach, who delivered an outstanding midfield performance.
Today we remember Ossett's Fallen, among whom is 2nd Lieut Thomas Harold Graham, educated at Ossett Grammar School. Through our partnership with Ossett Through The Ages, we've now been able to identify Thomas and add his name to our memorial, below ❤️
Our sporty staff have taken on
@HorburyAcademy
staff in their kick up challenge (we'll let you judge who's best 🙋♂️🙌!!). Why not get involved this
#trysomethingnewthursday
!
This week we are recognising our Ossett Academy "Gold Stars". Students with the most gold stars in their form were invited to enjoy a chocolate treat and receive a gold star badge. Keep up the good work!
We had a visit from a film production company today, working with Wakefield CCG who wanted to showcase the excellent emotional & mental health provision within our academy. The film will be shared with other schools, educational staff and professionals to highlight best practice!
We’ve had a great time hosting
@EducationOssett
's Book Awards, compered by
@Thatpoetrybloke
! We can now confirm the winner of the Picture book Award as John Kane for ‘I say ooh, you say aah’!...And our Riveting Reads winner is Abi Elphinstone for Sky Song!👏
@moontrug
@theotherjk
𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟏𝟏 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧! 🎉
It was great to welcome our Year 11 pupils back to the academy for their Stand Down celebration.
We hope you all had a fantastic time!
Some of our pupils attended the LGBT+ Youth Summit earlier this week!
Pupils participated in workshops, discussions and many other fun activities, and had a really great day out.
#BeProud
#LGBTYouthSummit
We were proud to award our students for their incredible sporting achievements at our annual presentation ceremony. Thank you to
@WTrinityRL
for supporting!
Morning everyone! You've done a fabulous job of your home learning this week, as evidenced by our Show My Homework stats! Well done!! Don't forget to reward yourselves for your efforts!!
Despite our best attempts to remain open we have now had to take the decision to close the academy. Sincere apologies for the inconvenience that this decision may have caused. We are presently scheduled to re-open as normal tomorrow at 8.35am.
A huge congratulations to all the Year 11 pupils who have taken part in our Year 11 Transition Week. We hope you’ve enjoyed the range of activities and we can’t wait to see you tomorrow for stand-down!!!
We're celebrating our love of books this
#WorldBookDay
with our masked reader competition! Grab a pen and paper, watch the clip below and see if you can work out who's behind the book!!
@accordmat
From Year 11 to our new Year 7s!!...
Day 4 of Summer School.... It's been another fantastic day! Pupils experienced the day as an athlete, working with Wakefield Trinity in a rugby session and took part in team challenges and handball sharp shooters!
We've welcomed more VIPs today for
#InternationalWomensDay
including a lawyer, a project manager, the youngest female magistrate, a transgender advocate, a construction company owner &
@MaryCreaghMP
, pictured alongside the first female Principal of our school, Mrs Broome! 👏
Another day, another inspirational woman.....or 5!!! Thanks to today's VIPs; a Senior Matron (
@SueDodman
), an owner of a chain of hair salons (
@enroutehair
), a Senior Sourcing Analyst (
@Cummins
), a HR Manager at Conservatory Outlet & an Internal Compliance Manager (
@OEElectrics
)!
Thank you to all of our pupils, parents and carers. Your resilience, encouragement and commitment to remote learning is outstanding...Well done, you're doing great! 👏👏
Ahead of
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
, our pupils participated in a range of workshops with Luke Ambler from
@andysmanclubuk
.
Luke encouraged pupils to speak candidly about mental health, as well as equipping them with advice and guidance for the next steps in their lives.
Today we welcomed back our Year 11 pupils for their stand down event. They listened to staff speeches, picked up goodie bags and leavers hoodies, and signed each other's shirts. Well done Year 11 on all your hard work throughout this school year – and enjoy your prom tonight!
Year 6 pupils coming to us in September... Please keep an eye on our transition web page - - over the next week for transition information, a virtual tour of the academy and video messages from staff!!
Our MAT Team successfully completed the Wakefield 10k at the weekend. Some superb performances & pb's in the sun. Great to get together with colleagues to raise cash for
@WfldHospice
#charity
- Still time to sponsor if you wish to & haven't already!
A massive thank you and well done to students in Year 10 today who raised £81.07 for their nominated
#charity
Cystic Fibrosis. The Academy would like to thank both students, parents and carers for their generous
#donations
. A great start for our
#fundraising
theme for this week!
Just had your lunch and craving something sweet? 🍰🥧 You won't thank us for this then!.... Year 10 pupils made lemon meringue pies this week, with some fantastic results! We're very impressed with the thought and effort that went into these plates....well done!
Owen has been selected as today's Golden Token winner to select a book from the vending machine. He has been nominated for excellent reading in life lessons. Well done, Owen!
Well done to our Sports Leaders! 👏
They are great role models for our pupils here at Ossett Academy and are highly admired by our local primary schools.
Thank you for all of your hard work!