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Kath fry challenge national careers week macfest 2020 excellence aspiration leadership success Coronavirus F.A.Qs Q: What is the coronavirus (COVID-19)?

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A cough Some of what you see or hear might sound High temperature confusing or scary, so it's normal to have some Difficulty breathing worries about a big event like this. However, these are similar to lots of other But if sometimes you feel like your worries are common illnesses. The only way you can becoming too much, here are some tips: be sure if someone has coronavirus is to test them. Don't bottle up your worries, If you are concerned, please do not take your child to your doctor or talk to a trusted adult. pharmacist – stay at home and call NHS 111 for advice. If you're worried about elderly relatives, find different ways to keep in touch with them, such Q: How does coronavirus spread? as video calling. A: The NHS says that because it's a new illness, we do not know exactly how Get your information from trusted sources. coronavirus spreads from person to person.

Don't worry about what you can't control, but Similar viruses, like colds and the flu, are do what you can to help, for example washing spread by droplets from the nose or mouth (from coughing or sneezing), or your hands regularly. coming into contact with contaminated surfaces or skin.

Do things that you enjoy and keep yourself busy. The WHO says "other people then catch COVID-19 (coronavirus) by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching Make sure you plan some time for looking after their eyes, nose or mouth." yourself, whether it's reading a book, playing a game or doing some meditation. This is why people are being encouraged to regularly wash their hands with soap and to not go too near to people who have it. Make sure you're eating as healthy as possible, with plenty of fruit and vegetables, and make "It's very unlikely it can be spread sure you're drinking enough water. through things like packages or food", according to NHS advice. Make sure you follow us Health_Academy on Twitter and Facebook for more tips and advice MCRHealthAcademy Welcome Mr Kevin Green Principal

We are all experiencing difficult times now and physically, personally – truly formative years. in the near future, including the closure of During their time at the Academy, our students schools as we all contribute to minimising the will have a wealth of opportunities and impact of the Coronavirus. On the page experiences that will support them in reaching opposite we have included some essential their fullest potential, broaden their horizons, reminders about identifying the symptoms, and help them to each become good citizens minimising the spread of the virus and tips on with a sense of pride for and to looking after your mental health. be successful people who can turn their dreams into reality. The Health Academy offers so much to students, some of which can’t always be One area of work that is designed to support measured as part of a framework. This edition of students reaching their potential is our careers the Word sums up the importance of what we programme. Our participation in National provide and what we are proud to be a part of. Careers Week is just one part of this programme, We look forward to continuing this work on and was a great success again this year. being advised to re-open the school but in the Another programme that will support students in meantime do read this as a reminder of what their personal development is the Duke of life will return to soon. Your children are Edinburgh Award scheme, which is rapidly amazing! expanding. I have to say that one of my In this issue, we celebrate the Academy’s first proudest moments in my capacity as Principal year of taking part in MACFEST. I’d like to take was hearing HRH Prince Edward say that he this opportunity to thank the students and thought our expansion plans were “significant”, parents who made it such a special series of when Mr Martin and I met him recently at a events, as well as festival organiser, Qaisra Duke of Edinburgh Scheme event. The scheme Shahraz. Taking part gave us all new insights into is a well-established and respected programme Muslim culture, and brought new opportunities that builds resilience, self-confidence and skills for communication and creativity. amongst young people, and it is amazing that so many of our students will get the opportunity Parents of pupils currently in Year 6 will have to do it. received their offers of secondary school places, and most will know which school their Finally, World Book Day is always a fun-filled day child will be going to in September. If your child of celebration of our love of reading, but this is coming to Health Academy, year is one that I won’t forget in a hurry after congratulations – I look forward to meeting you. coming face to face with a giant T-Rex, who was teaching Chemistry at the time! Our Transition programme is already in train to support the new students who will be coming Look after yourselves and stay safe. through our gate for that first day. Moving up from Year 6 is a big step, and one that we strive Mr Green to make exciting rather than daunting. The five Principal years that children spend in secondary education represent a time of huge personal growth for each student, academically, 3. MACFEST MUSLIM ARTs AND CULTURE FESTIVAL

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Staff, students and parents/carers of the Principal, Mr Green, wanted the whole school Academy have had a wonderful experience of to be involved with MACFEST. The school has a participating in MACFEST for the first time this comprehensive and inclusive ethos where year. diversity and respect are key to its curriculum MACFEST, the Muslim Arts and Culture Festival, is intent. Mr Green said, "By hosting MACFEST a ground-breaking, award winning 16-day events and displaying student work linked to a festival hosted across Greater Manchester, greater understanding and appreciation of Rochdale, , Oldham, the richness of Muslim heritage, this is a perfect opportunity to do just that Stockport, celebrating art, literature, I think that we within the school". music, culture and the heritage of should learn about the Muslim diaspora. It offers different religions as we Fully embracing the festival, over 50 events most of which need to know what people students took part in a are free! MACFEST aims to believe and then if we find a cross-curricular day in bring Muslim and non-Muslim religion that we like and want November, studying communities together, to be part of, we may even diverse topics including promote social inclusion and convert to a religion that we how Muslim sports to overcome barriers. love or actually believe. performers fast during The festival is the brainchild of Ramadan in PE, prize-winning author and peace Megan - Year 8 Islamic calligraphy activist, Qaisra Shahraz FRSA, and typography in recently featured in the prestigious Design & Technology, Power 100 list of the most influential Bhangra in Music, and Muslims in the UK. Qaisra has how childcare practices dedicated her life to fighting link to cultural traditions Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and all in Childcare. forms of discrimination. She is committed to building bridges between communities in the UK and around the world. 4 We need to learn about different cultures because the way the media works now is only the bad things are important enough to report. Twelve students designed a range of This means, purely because of what All beautiful, all stunning posters for people are shown, they develop a important, all the event, which were negative opinion of other cultures. equal. So overall, we need to know about combined to become Libby - Year 8 the goodness in the people that the festival’s official promotional come from other cultures and poster. They attended the religions. festival’s official opening ceremony where they were George - Year 8 presented with a shield. I find it important We held our own festival because some families event on 17th January, and have beliefs. The family were joined by parents Mrs Bajabir and might make you follow that Ms Nouioui, who kindly shared an array foods, religion and you won’t find it drinks and photos from their cultures of Saudi important because you don’t Arabia and Tunisia, while visitor Hanane El know it. Therefore, if you learn RE Hadioue brought a wonderful display representing her and religion you might find your Moroccan background. Speeches were given by Qaisra relatives beliefs interesting Shahraz, Her Majesty's Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Greater once you know more Manchester, Mr Paul Griffiths, Mike Kane MP and Patsy Kane about it. OBE. Two students read poems written as part of their English curriculum day activities, and a special cake was cut and Alex - Year 8 shared. 5 Progress in rugby Impresses rfu

Since starting the England Rugby All Schools programme, progress at Manchester Health Academy has been “impressive”, say the Rugby Football Union, in a recent article on their website.

They report that the standard of rugby has improved dramatically, with our teams of boys and girls winning local competitions and emerging schools competitions. During the past year, our boys teams went on tour to the Ospreys Challenge Festival in South Wales, while our girls competed in the Lake District.

RFU Rugby Development Officer, Phil Clarke, says, “This academic year they are testing themselves further by taking on two local rugby playing private schools.”.

"The All Schools Project has been a fantastic pathway for our students,” Head of PE, Mr Brown, says, “At the start the programme, we didn’t have any students playing club rugby. This season we have both boys and girls playing at our local club Wythenshawe, Broughton Park and Sale FC. We also have students representing Lancashire and students have become part of the Sale Sharks Development Programme.”

Year 11 student Ben commented: "When I started at Manchester Health Academy in 2015 I’d never played rugby. As soon as I began playing, I loved it and enjoyed the opportunity to channel my aggression in a positive way.”

Ellise Brailsford from Year 9 added: "Experiencing rugby for the first time at MHA helped me to find a sport I enjoyed and was good at. Last year I joined Broughton Park, which has helped me to build my confidence and meet new people and become great friends with many who attend different schools and in other parts of Manchester. This confidence has helped with my academic subjects too."

Now, with rugby union firmly embedded in the school curriculum for boys and girls, we hope to become the school of choice for rugby players in South Manchester. 6 Students in Years 7 and 8 attended The BAE Systems Schools Roadshow earlier this term. The lively show explored different types of energy, how energy is transferred and how we STeM roadshow can measure it. Year 8 student, Rebecca, bravely took on the challenge of a rowing machine race against elite marathon runner, Mr Rowlinson, beating him by five metres! Supported by the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, the Roadshow visits over 420 schools across the UK every year. It provides an interactive experience for students, and is designed to inspire excitement in STEM subjects. The programme delivers fun, engaging activities that demonstrate how STEM underpins everything that we do.

programme – despite not knowing anyone else taking part. I feel Ciara has been on a real journey of self-discovery. To see how she has gone from being a young mentor, who was unsure of her abilities, to a young woman who has found the confidence to voice how she feels, has been a privilege to see.” Ciara commented that she was surprised to receive the award, as she really hadn’t been Academy students who completed the Power2 expecting it. When talking about taking part in Teens and Toddlers programme attended the Power2’s programmes, she said: “It is a really Power2 Graduation and awards ceremony for good opportunity to have. I’ve got confidence the North West in January. Attended by more issues and it has really helped me in boosting it.” than 250 young people and their families, the event took place at Parrs Wood High School in East Didsbury. We are proud to report that Academy student, Ciara Kirk, was named Young Mentor of the Year for 2019. 14 year-old Ciara was praised for her commitment, care and responsibility while on the Teens and Toddlers programme, as well as working hard to overcome her shyness and nerves and take on board the advice and coaching from programme staff. Power2’s Programme Lead, Kerry Coups, said: “When Ciara first joined Teens and Toddlers she was quite shy and nervous. But since starting the programme and with lots of reassurance and focused tasks, Ciara started to engage with her toddler. Week after week her confidence continued to grow when interacting with her toddler and she was truly committed; always striving to be the best she could be. “She was also one of the first people to put herself forward for the Young Leaders 7 As part of our Transition Programme, I ran a We then went to meet MMU students who ‘Korean Club’ after school for Year 7 students in greeted us with another ‘안녕하세요’ and a the Autumn Half Term. We had fun, snacks and MMU goody bag each. learnt a lot about Korean language and Our day involved meeting language students culture. and learning a little of several different In February, we reconvened for a club trip to languages that are taught at the University – it Manchester Metropolitan University’s Language was fun and interesting, especially trying to say Department, to see just how far learning a word in Polish that would be an entire another language can take you. sentence in English! The word ponaddwustudziewięćdziesięciodziewięciokilo The day began by visiting Oseyo supermarket metrowy means ‘more than two hundred and and saying ‘안녕하세요’ (an-nyeong-ha-se-yo’ = ninety-nine kilometers’ away! hello) to the shopkeeper there, whilst stocking up on Korean snacks and Kimchi and then Our students were motivated to know that if quick 안녕 (an-nye-ong = ‘bye) as we left. they decided to study languages at university, they would study in another country for a whole year. Towards the end of the day, we were involved in a Chinese Paper Art workshop and made some crafts to take home. In all, the day was a triumph. We met people who were making a great success out of learning languages at university and we experienced a little of the university lifestyle. We were also able to practice our hard-fought language skills on native speakers and astound university professors on the breadth and depth of the language acquisition that our little group already had. Miss Schofield TransitionKaren Teacher

buildings (there are more than thirty buildings that are part of the University). Students visit Our students reported that trip was worthwhile, and that they were now more interested in going to university when they are older. Local university One students said, “I really enjoyed seeing the Earlier this term, two teachers and work the engineers did and would like to seventeen Year 7 students ventured out study engineering when I’m older now”, on a trip to Manchester Metropolitan whilst another said, “I used to think I University (MMU). wasn’t well behaved enough to go to university, but now I know that if I work They were there to learn more about hard and get good grades, I can”. what university was to like, and met with What do you want to do when you are a group of the University’s student older? Talk to our Careers Advisor, Miss ambassadors. Our students asked Hutchinson, if you think you would like to questions, including about the workload, the study at university level. There are over 30,000 lifestyle and how different it was to ‘school’. different courses to choose from in the UK They were taken on a campus tour, seeing six 8 alone! Congratulations to you and your child if they have been offered a place at Manchester Health Academy to start in Year 7 this September. At Manchester Health Academy, we know that getting secondary education off to a flying start can make a big difference to your child’s educational journey. We employ a dedicated Transition Teacher, Miss Schofield, who works with your child in their primary school during Year 6, and continues to work with them through the first term of Year 7. Miss Schofield gets to know your child, and their strengths and challenges, before they start at the Academy, and is a familiar face once they join us. We also provide opportunities for you and your child to meet other Academy teachers and support staff, to visit the Academy, and to meet the students from others schools who will be in your child’s form when they start. To help you to have all the information you need, we have a dedicated webpage for parents of children who are moving up from Year 6 with links and dates for your diary.

dates subject to change Key events Transition Day Your child will be invited to spend the day with June other students who will be attending Manchester Health Academy Visit Primary Manchester Health Academy with them in Schools September. Members of our team will visit your child and their primary school teacher. September The First Day! Year 6 Taster Week Manchester Health Academy Re-opens for the Your child will have the opportunity to visit the new Academic Year Academy. 8.40am - Year 7 students arrival and welcome assembly. July Open Evening for Parents/Carers and Students Coffee Morning for Parents/Carers You will get the chance to meet the Principal 9am - Parents/Carers of Year 7 students are and your child’s form tutor and find out more invited to join staff for coffee while your child about the Academy. 9 settles in on their first day. bbc bitesize Karen Careers Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 had an amazing opportunity last term, when we welcomed the BBC Bitesize team to the Academy. They delivered a careers event with panelists from a variety of different roles at the BBC including Alex Maxwell, Actor, Mark Weller, The panelists talked about their own pathways Chief Gaming Officer and Andy Bennett, to the job they are in and answered questions Camera Supervisor for Coronation Street. from our students and staff about their lives and In a “Question Time” style set-up, hosted by an about their work. It was also an opportunity for experienced presenter, the session offered students to see what might be available to students insights into the world of work and them at Media City once they leave school, as shone a light on routes into, and opportunities the BBC continues to move from London to within, the creative sector. Manchester.

National Careers Week brought a buzz to the National Careers Week Academy, with a focus on “Hope” and the future for our students. To kick things off, we were delighted to welcome Pav Bhatti from the BBC, who talked to students about careers in broadcast media and her experiences as a journalist. We were NCW also visited by from Peter Sproule of Moda 3RD - 7TH March 2020 Living, who talked to students about careers in Architecture and Design, and Michelle Kennedy of the Department from Work and Pensions, who lead sessions about apprenticeships. Our Careers Advisor, Lisa Hutchinson, is held drop in advice sessions in the Dining Room, as well as her usual individual appointments with students. Assemblies were held for all students, where they were shown the National Careers Week Video, which had the theme of “Hope”. Students also looked at career possibilities within their subjects. National Careers Week provides schools with free resources to support their Careers Education work, and supports with schools meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks, which are a set of standards that are deemed to be the best and most effective ways to provide careers information, advice and guidance to students. 10 Students looked beyond their life at Manchester Health Academy during National Apprenticeship Week. Each Year 10 student was given the opportunity to experience a mock interview, and to receive feedback on their application form at our Mock Interview Day. Student, Lewis, who aspires to be a primary school Headteacher, was interviewed by a former primary head. He said, “It was so good! It was a really useful experience, and helped me gain confidence. I felt nervous, but my interviewer quickly put me at ease.” Michelle Kennedy of the Department of Work and Pensions, gave a special apprenticeship themed Aspire to Be session, which was open to all Year 8 and 10 students over their lunch break.

former Student Brings Building expertise

Our BTEC Construction students had the opportunity to hear first-hand how a former student has built his career in construction, when he visited the Academy recently. Wesley Evans, a former student of our predecessor school, Brookway High School, is a Senior Project Manager for international consultancy and construction company, Mace Construction. Wesley shared his experiences since leaving school with the students before answering their questions. His career path has seen him complete a degree in Construction Management at Nottingham Trent University, before embarking on a path in Site Management and then Consultancy. He Construction Teacher, Mr Jones, said, “It has worked in New Zealand and Australia, before been brilliant for the students to meet Wesley returning his Manchester home eighteen today and to hear about his journey from where months ago. they are now to his successful career. I was Wesley’s key messages to students included the particularly fascinated to hear about Wesley’s importance of hard work, the importance of experiences working in New Zealand in the knowing your own strengths and weaknesses, aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake. I’d and that a career in construction is a journey like to thank Wesley for taking the time to come that can you take you all over the world. 11 in today, it has been fantastic.” Ten of our year 9 students were selected to represent Manchester Health Academy and the Manchester United Foundation as flagbearers for the Europa League game versus AZ Alkmaar this season. All 10 students were chosen as a reward for their ‘positive and consistent improved behaviour’. Mr Wright, Teacher of Maths/ Director of Standards Year 9, said, “Through the Manchester United Foundation we were fortunate enough to be afforded the opportunity to take some of our Year 9 Students to an Europa League match against AZ Alkmaar and for them to be flagbearers during the player walk-ons. For some this was the very first experience of going to watch a Students fly match of the team they have supported their entire lives, and what an experience for them to be able to make it special and actually step foot on the pitch. The opportunity to the flag have done this is something that the students will never forget, and enabled both students and staff to develop positive relationships with everyone involved as they shared this experience together. It has also led to improved ‘Attitude To Learning’, work rate and attainment”. Manchester United enjoyed a superb 4-0 win, thanks to goals from Ashley Young, Mason Greenwood (2) and Juan Mata.

As part of their GCSE Geography studies, students have to investigate sustainability in urban areas. This year’s group visited Salford Quays to investigate if the regeneration there is sustainable long term, by completing a bi-polar sustainability analysis, a land use survey, and a questionnaire with the public. The students gathered the opinions of over one hundred members of the public on how successful they think the regeneration there is and if they think growth will continue in the future. 12 kath fry challenge winners! Our intrepid Year 10 students who undertook the Kath Fry Challenge this year were celebrating after being crowned winners! They are looking forward to receiving the official plaque from the Mayor of Manchester in the coming weeks. The Kath Fry Challenge is a competition between schools in Manchester, which tests students resilience, grit and teamwork skills. Activities include a night navigation exercise, team challenges and ascending the Old Man of Coniston. Science Teacher, Mr Martin, who accompanied the students, said, “The Kath Fry Challenge is without doubt one of the highlights of my year – I love seeing our students enjoying the outdoors and really rising to the challenges set for them. They worked very hard and were a credit to themselves and to the Academy, and it is fantastic news that they came out as the overall winners.”

Principal, Mr Green, and Manager of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme at Manchester Health Academy, Mr Martin, were invited to St James Palace as VIPs for a Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Presentation ceremony. There, they met HRH Prince Edward, on learning of the Academy;s plans to vastly expand its Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme so that every student will have an opportunity to undertake their bronze award, commented that it was “significant”. All young people who achieve a Gold Award are invited to a Gold Award Presentation, attended by a Member of The Royal Family, to receive their certificate. We hope that with so many of our young people participating in the scheme at the Academy, that we will see some of those go on to achieve their Gold award, demonstrating that they have developed the skills, determination and mentality to really 13 succeed. Journey to Krakow

A recent visit to Krakow gave GCSE History students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the Second World War. Pearl and the T(n)S Catering team serve these tasty enchiladas in our dining room, and they The main focus of the visit was to gain an always prove a popular choice! If you’d like to understanding of the treatment of the Jews have a go at making your own at home, here is inside the Nazi Death Camp of their recipe… Auschwitz-Birkenau. Other visits during their time in Poland were to Oskar Schindler’s factory, which is now a museum, and visiting Ingredients: the Jewish Ghettos of 1940, where students Bean Wraps had a one hour session with a holocaust 5 tortilla wraps survivor. 1 400g tin of baked beans Students found the experience to be A dash of cooking oil emotional and powerful. 1 chopped onion A quarter teaspoon of garlic powder Sauce You will need: 1 400g tin of tomatoes A quarter of a teaspoon of chilli powder A quarter of a teaspoon of garlic powder 1 desert spoon of sugar Grated cheese for the top Method Lightly fry chopped onion in the oil until We were delighted to hear that our softened and lightly golden. Add your baked Partnership Primary School, Rack House, beans and garlic powder. Once it is hot, divide have received a letter from The Rt Hon Nick the mixture and place in the middle of each Gibb MP, Minister for State for Schools and wrap, roll each wrap and place in an standards congratulating them for their oven-proof dish. Simmer your tin of tomatoes in successful year they have had. They are a pan with the garlic, chilli powder and sugar. amongst the top 3% in the country, in terms Pour your sauce over the wraps, top with the of progress in reading, writing and cheese, then bake for 20 minutes at 180c until mathematics. Well deserved national golden. Serve with salad. recognition for all their hard work! 14 Staff and students celebrated all things books on World Book Day this year. We were joined by Michael John Pike, a.k.a. Spike the Poet, who worked with several groups of students. Spike was born in Glasgow and served five years in the Army (First Battalion Scots Guards). He is now based in Corby where he has established himself as a writer and performance poet. Many of Spike’s poems are a reflection of him and his views on humanity, often with an anti-war message. As well as cross-curricular and form time activities, there was an air of excitement as a variety of characters walked the corridors. The staff from the Food Technology and Science teams joined forces to come as the characters from Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel, Jurassic Park, including a six-foot T-Rex!

Pedal Power This term has seen students return to the Velodrome for the first session of the Greater Manchester Track Cycling Championships, to defend the title won last year. The team comprises six boys and six girls from Year 8, who were selected to represent the academy for their effort and achievements in PE during the first three half terms of this year.

The competition starts with school teams being allocated into four groups of four schools. Each school will race against the other three schools in their group, and students are ranked from 1 to 12. The winning schools from each group progress in the finals in the summer term and repeat the process to arrive at the champion school. Good luck to all our racers! 15 Mha Water Bottle Scheme Launched

The tide turned on single use plastic AND personal hydration at the Academy recently, when each student was presented with their own reusable water bottle. With the aim of increasing student’s awareness of the importance of staying hydrated, and to reduce the volume of single-use plastic bottles being disposed of in the Academy, the scheme builds on the Academy’s Water Only stance. Bottled water is no longer for sale in the dining room or offered as part of the meal deal. The academy is no Thank you to students, their families and staff for their longer selling single ongoing support with this initiative. use plastic bottles!

Chinese New year Celebration

Students in Year 9 at Manchester Health Academy enjoyed some wonderful experiences with representatives of the Manchester University Confucius Institute, when they came along to run workshops in Chinese dancing, Mandarin language skills and Chinese musical instruments. Part of Manchester Airport’s ‘International Week’, which involves Airport colleagues visiting schools to run workshops focusing on the art, culture and language of different countries, these workshops celebrated the recent Chinese New Year.

16 Canadian Football Team Challenge MHA

Twelve players for the Carihi School Football Team, from Vancouver Island in western Canada visited the Academy along with three of their coaches recently. The boys team enjoyed a friendly game with our year 10 boys team. Visiting coach, Mick, said, “This is a great experience for the boys, and we have a packed itinerary of both sporting and cultural experiences lined up for them.” In the UK for 12 nights, the Canadians plan to visit London and Liverpool, but are based in Manchester where they hope to see football, rugby and basketball matches, as well as play six football games themselves. They previously visited the Academy two years ago, on what has become an annual event for the team, and are keen to build a partnership with Manchester Health Academy, with the possibility of a reciprocal visit.

Academy staff challenged themselves to row a distance equivalent to the English Channel for Sport Relief in one day, and were delighted to complete it just in time! Two rowing machines were placed in the dining room so that staff could sign up for stints in between teaching, and 21 miles were rowed by 3.15pm. With a £150 fundraising target, and a little “help” from students, the staff were a bit worn out, but very pleased with their success. 17 Moor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9BP Email: [email protected] academy sponsor Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust co-sponsor partners Manchester United Foundation Button Lane Primary School Community Primary School Rack House Primary School Sandilands Primary School St Wilfrid’s Church of England Primary School academy trust board Chair of Academy Trust - Kathy Cowell OBE DL senior leadership team Principal - Kevin Green Vice Principal - Nadia Peek Vice Principal - Sarah Murdoch Strategic Director of Finance & Corporate Services - Andrew Ross Assistant Principal - Dr John Fleming Assistant Principal - Lucy Neukom Assistant Principal - Helen Walker Associate Assistant Principal - Dr Claire Parry Associate Assistant Principal - Stephanie Morris

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Our most recent Parent Forum sessions focussed on Mental Health First Aid and Manchester Health Academy. We now have six staff members trained as Mental Health First Aiders, who can help students and staff who may be in crisis. What we do at the Academy to support young people

• Welfare Co-ordinator for each Year Group • School Nurse onsite 3 days each week A Mindful Response to • Provide “Safe Spaces” for breaks and lunch • Nurture Room and Learning Support Unit • Wellbeing Plans and Individual Pupil Passports Uncertainty and Worry

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