OPEN EVENING Thursday 7th October 2021 - The Lowry Academy - The Lowry ...

The Lowry Academy
   OPEN EVENING
  Thursday       7th   October 2021
Information Booklet:
 Maps
 Events
 Subjects

The Lowry Academy Map

      Ground Floor      First Floor

    Toilets

Events - The Forum
Join our Deputy Head Teacher, Mr Oldfield in the Forum to
hear about life at The Lowry Academy, our expectations and
our aspirations for our students.

There will be the opportunity to ask Mr Oldfield questions
and speak to members of our Senior Leadership Team
following the address.

Mr Oldfield will be addressing parents/families at the
following times:

• 4.15pm
• 5.15pm

Events - The Canteen

Throughout the evening there will
be refreshments provided for our
visiting families, served by the staff
in our canteen.

Whilst in the canteen, take the
opportunity to sample a selection
our school lunches and desserts
from our serving station!

Co-Curricular

We have an extensive choice of after school clubs and
activities including: Homework club, Dance, Karate, Boxing,
Football, Maths Club and Magazine Club to name only a few!
We track our co-curricular attainments through our Aspire
programme which ensures that students are rewarded for their
co-curricular efforts!

The Library

Come and have a look around The Lowry
Academy and browse the wide selection of
books by authors representing different
countries, cultures, traditions and genres!

Take part in our Guess the Cover quiz and
other quizzes and activities!

The Hub – Learning Support
Come and have a look around The
Lowry Academy Hub!

Take part in our games and
activities, use our curriculum
resources and meet our dedicated
SEND team.

EAL – English as an Additional Language
Our department promotes and
celebrates a rich multicultural diversity
within school with almost 170 students
from other countries speaking a variety
of over 50 languages!
We offer a range of support from
individual sessions for our newest
arrivals to online booster tuition, bi-
lingual dictionaries and home language
GCSE’s for our Y11’s.
Our hub is open for support, pastoral
care and friendship activities
throughout the school day.

Subjects - English

Come and have a look around!
Have a peek at our KS3 work on
short stories including ‘Alice in
Wonderland’ and ‘Lamb to the
Slaughter’, classics including Bram
Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ and our studies
on Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’!

See for yourselves the hard work
our KS4 students are putting in on
our set texts: Macbeth, A Christmas   Check out
                                      our homework
Carol and An Inspector Calls!
                                      platform, Bedrock!

Subjects - Mathematics
Come and see us on the first floor!

Have a look around our classrooms and
join in with the activities we have taking
place.

See our KS3 work on topics such as: place
value, perimeter and indices and our KS4
work on graphs and formula!

Have a sneak peek at our homework
platform, Sparx, and see the league tables
in action!

Subjects - Science
Visit our labs! Meet our staff and students as
they showcase our Biology, Chemistry and
Physics curriculum!

Biology - Watch as staff and students
demonstrate starch tests, reaction times and
dissection.
Chemistry – Help us create elephant toothpaste
and methane bubbles, carry out flame tests and
make Jelly Babies scream!
Physics – Join us whilst we put our electricity
kits to use, create static electricity and put our
oscilloscope to work!

Subjects - Humanities

Join us for Geography, History and RE on
the first floor!

Have a look at our KS3 and KS4 work and
join in with our activities including: quizzes
and jigsaws and have a go at our Guess the
Continent and Guess the Religion games!

Subjects - Spanish

Come and see us!

Take part in our Spanish taster lesson,
have a look at the fantastic work our
students produce!

Have a sneak peek at our homework
platform, Languagenut and see the league
tables in action!

Subjects – ICT and Computer Science

Come and see us!

All students in ICT will be taught a
challenging and enriching curriculum which
promotes a mastery level of computational
thinking concepts.
All students will have the opportunity to see
computing live in action in the real world
and will be able to draw on the expertise of
real life computer scientists. Our curriculum
aims to produce high level computer
scientists and effective problem solvers.

Subjects – Design Technology
Come and have a look around!

See our new laser cutter in action and make
your own keyring, observe our students wood
turning on the lathe. Browse a selection of
project work and have a look at the KS4
offerings of Engineering & Construction!

Subjects – Art, Textiles and Photography
Come and have a look around our Art, Textiles and Photography
classrooms and view the KS3 and KS4 work we have on display!

Meet our staff and see just how hard our students have been
working on their projects!
*Don’t forget to look out for our feature art dedicated to Marcus
Rashford in the canteen!

Subjects – Food Technology

Come and see our fantastic food room
and take part in our pizza tasting
activities!

Meet our staff and students who will
tell you all about the sessions we have
in store for you in Year 7!

Subjects – Music, Drama and Performing Arts

Our Dance, Drama and Music departments welcome you and ask
you to watch us perform!

Come and observe rehearsals for our upcoming events in the dance
studio, watch our fantastic students run through scenes in the
drama studio and try out our instruments in the music rooms!

Subjects – Physical Education

Join us in our Sports Hall!

Try out our sports equipment and meet our staff
and watch our students in action!

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