Edition 15 | 26 March 2021 - Accord Multi Academy Trust

Edition 15 | 26 March 2021

Happy, Healthy, Holidays
Over the course of the year, the Department for Education will be providing grant funding to all local
authorities across England to coordinate free holiday provision - including healthy food and enriching
activities - for children who receive benefits-related free school meals.

As a Trust, we’ve identified and contacted our eligible pupils and we’re in the process of distributing
food and activity parcels to over 400 home addresses.

Each parcel contains breakfast and lunch for five days, plus an activity pack featuring recipes linked to
food in the parcel, along with ideas on how to get active.

We’re thrilled to be able to support
Wakefield Council with this initiative
and we’re grateful, not only to the
council and the DFE, but to our
fabulous driver, John, who is kindly
delivering the secondary academies’
parcels for us… all 350 of them!

Distribution of the remaining parcels
is being arranged via our primaries.

Meet the
10k team...
…The less camera
shy ones anyway!

With your help,
we raised £245
for Wakefield
Hospice….
Thank you!

 Don’t forget...
 Parents and carers can now order home testing kits using
 the following DfE link:

 https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-
 tests

Primary Roundup

Easter fun! Stay safe online
Horbury Primary’s nursery pupils took part in an Easter egg hunt on Wednesday, From setting up parental
following the clues through the school grounds and into the wildlife area. controls to advice on sexting,
 online games and video apps.
Later in the week, pupils had the opportunity to get their grove on for the Easter NSPCC’s online safety web
discos!..... page can help you to
 understand the risks and keep
 your child safe.

 Looking for Easter
 holiday inspiration?
 Wakefield Mumbler have updated
 their website (here) to include:

 Days out ideas & events
Aside from a disco, Middlestown Primary pupils took part in an egg decorating Camps and workshops
competition this week with some fabulous entries! Well done everyone! Easter crafts
 Easter egg decorating ideas
 Easter family games
 Easter egg hunt ideas
 Easter traditions
 Easter colouring and games
 Easter baking ideas.

National Day of Reflection
In honour of this week’s National Day of Reflection, besides taking part in a minute’s silence, Horbury Primary
pupils created some beautiful artwork around the theme of brighter days to come.

Odd Socks Day
Middlestown’s school council
decided they’d like to
support World Down
Syndrome Day again this
year, to raise awareness. So,
on Monday pupils came to
school in odd socks (or lots
of socks!) in return for a £1
donation towards
Huddersfield Down
Syndrome Support Group.

The pennies have been
counted and we can now
announce that you raised
£135.30! Well done
everyone!

Middlestown Primary parents/carers...
Still a week left to apply….. we'd love to hear from you!

Secondary Roundup

Tree of Reflection Maths Masterclass!
 To further support our pupils in
To mark the Day of Reflection, Horbury Academy’s Year 10 Student Council decided years 10 and 11, at 9am on each
to plant a tree in their memorial garden. day over the Easter holidays,
 Ossett Academy and Horbury
Today, Year 10’s Nancy, Willow, Isabelle and Jemima, accompanied by Mrs Walker, Academy will be releasing a short
Mrs Cooper and Year 8’s newspaper editor, Robbie, to capture the moment, planted 5 minute video on SharePoint to
a Prunus Snow Showers; a weeping cherry tree, which is just beginning to blossom. help with revision so be sure to
 check it out!
On interviewing her, Jemima explained to Robbie how they chose a blossom tree as
that would always bloom around about this time of year, as a mark of respect to
those who sadly lost their lives to Covid-19.

Isabelle added “We’ve suffered so much loss and it’s really important that we take
the time to reflect on that.”

What a lovely idea, wonderfully executed. Well done.

 Stay safe online
 From setting up parental
 controls to advice on sexting,
 online games and video apps.
 NSPCC’s online safety web
 page can help you to
 understand the risks and keep
 your child safe.

As has become the tradition at Ossett Academy, the last week of each half-term is a focus
for recognising pupils. For this reason, this week over 1200 pupils were recognised, across all
year groups with a big thank you and an Easter egg!

To receive recognition, pupils needed to have had good attendance and to have met all
standards on return to the academy, and maintained these standards throughout.

Well done everyone!

WOW Wednesday!
On Wednesday we celebrated the work of over 150 pupils, each receiving a certificate for sharing their quality work!

In order to receive a certificate, pupils take their work to the WOW Wednesday table in the Atrium where they can chat about
it to a member of SLT.

Pupils can catch the day’s highlights on the TV screens across the academy!

 See you there next time!

10k a day
Our fabulous fundraisers from Accord Sixth Form have just five days to go to complete their
10k a day challenge in aid of Cancer Research UK.

The team; Ashley, Leanni, Matthew, Shannon, Lauren, Zofia, Miss Wild and Miss Beaumont
have already raised £908.50, plus Gift Aid of £129.50, taking them over £1000! Very well
done guys!

Thank you to everyone who’s sponsored them so far. If you’d still like to do so, visit:
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/accord-sixth-form

Online resources for parents and carers
Childnet International has put together a great resource sheet for parents and carers, full of useful websites and
information to help you keep your child safe online. It features places to go for advice, including the below…

 And for children… More specific advice…
Free support and advice for
adults concerned about the Childnet International
safety or well-being of a child. Practical advice on key topics such as screen
0808 800 5000 Providing help and support time, cyberbullying and gaming.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk for under 18s. childnet.com/parents-hot-topics
 0800 11 11
 childline.org.uk Digital Parenting
Free online safety support and
 Free online magazine, resources and articles
tech advice.
 on online issues.
0808 800 5002
 vodafone.co.uk/digitalparenting
nspcc.org.uk/onlinesafety Providing help and support
 for 13–25 year olds. Ask About Games
 0808 808 4994 Advice and online guides about gaming and
 https://www.themix.org.uk PEGI age ratings.
Free, professional, non-judgmental
support and advice. askaboutgames.com
0808 800 2222
https://www.familylives.org.uk Phone Brain
 Information about paid for services such as
 premium rate numbers and in-app purchases.
 phonebrain.org.uk
Free, confidential, expert advice
on how to support young people’s Get It Right From A Genuine Site
mental health & wellbeing. Find out which sites are legal for streaming
0808 802 5544 and downloading films, music & games.
https://youngminds.org.uk getitrightfromagenuinesite.org

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