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SUA Newsletter

April 2023

SUA Newsletter April 2023
Welcome

Welcome

As we come to the end of another fantastic term here at SUA, we would like to share with you our most recent newsletter. Its jam-packed full of events that your children have experienced over the past few weeks. Team SUA have been all over the world, spoken to experts in their field across a range of industries and have been exposed to some brilliant careers events. A quick reminder that follows up from the letter that Mr Redman sent out on 30th March – students may opt to move into the summer uniform as the warmer weather starts to appear. All details are in the letter, or in your child’s planner. We would like to wish all of our families a fantastic, relaxing and reflective Easter break.

Team SUA

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SUA is oversubscribed for 2023!

We are delighted to share, that for this first time in our history, SUA is oversubscribed for our 2023 Year 7 cohort. With over 150 families selecting SUA as their first choice, we will have our biggest ever cohort and we cannot wait to welcome them all to Team SUA.


The number of first choices is testament to the work we are doing here, and we are pleased that word is spreading across the district.

Paris 2023

86 students and 8 staff started their voyage to Paris at 4:30am Monday morning. Our first day saw the kids experiencing the magic and excitement of Disneyland where students were able to see Cinderella’s castle, watch the parades, enjoy rides such as Hyperspace Mountain, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean and Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast - with one student riding 16 rides in one day! Finishing off the day with watching the 30th anniversary celebration fireworks. Our second day continued with the Disney magic, as the students headed into the Walt Disney Studios - embracing the Disney Hollywood feel! Here students braved the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, assembled in the Avengers Campus to ride Flight Force, and got their best chef whites on for Ratatouille: The Adventure. Thursday saw the students embrace French culture as we gave the students a walking tour of the French capital of Paris. Upon the River Seine, students were able to spot famous landmarks such as Musee d'Orsay, cathedral of Notre Dame, and the Eiffel Tower. We then finished the day with the students enjoying a game of bowling and trying their luck on the arcade machines before returning for our final evening dinner before our return journey on the Friday.

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New York

Team SUA have thoroughly enjoyed the ‘Liberty’ of a week in New York City.


We visited The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island on Monday morning for a lesson on how America was formed and the immigrant journey. This was followed by an afternoon at the 9/11 Memorial Museum. The events of this tragic day happened before our students were born, but they were incredibly moved by the stories and artefacts within the museum. Many students have said that this was the highlight of their visit to the city.


On Monday evening we enjoyed a meal at Ellen’s Stardust Diner, a traditional American diner where the serving staff are performers and will break into song at any moment. We even had a special rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ for two of our students celebrating their birthday whilst away.


Tuesday morning, we joined our guided walking tour to take in the sights of the Big Apple. We visited; Grand Central Station, the New York Public Library, Rockefeller Center, St Patricks Cathedral, Trump Tower, Bryant Park and regrouped outside the Plaza hotel at the entrance to Central Park. This was followed by an evening meal at Bubba Gump shrimp before a night on Broadway. MJ-The Musical was an incredible show – you can’t ‘Beat It’.


On our final morning, we took in the sights from the 70th floor of the Rockefeller Center. It was a beautifully clear morning, allowing for an incredible view of the city. Students were then given free time to explore the world’s largest department store – Macy’s.


Our students were incredible and have had the experience of a life-time – and slightly aching legs.

To view more photos click here

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Dr Maggie Aderin-pocock

Year 7 have taken part in a live talk from Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

The talk is based on the topic "Am I made of stardust" and talks about space and physics while promoting the importance of reading.

World Book Day

World Book Day!

As part of this years World Book Day we had many activities planned. our students took part in a competition designing a national book token, every student was given a book voucher. We held a community giveaway to local families attending our Year 11 Parents' Evening. Young and old alike were encouraged to choose a book to take home, enjoy and maybe even pass on to someone else!

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Kieran Berry speaker

Our SUA6 football programme had a video call with Kieran Berry (Lead Physical Performance Coach at Nottingham Forest) he was talking about his journey from University to working at a Premier League football club.

Loudmouth

Year 8 were lucky enough to see two Loudmouth Education and Training performances exploring Child Exploitation today. Our students were commended for their focus, questions and engagement in the workshops.

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Higher Horizons

Our year 7 students have had a fantastic workshop with Higher Horizons+ This gave our students the opportunity to learn about university and other career pathways, student finance and budgeting, they were also given a brilliant opportunity to go into the a star dome. Well done to all that took part!

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UNICEF Earthquake Appeal

During our most recent fundraising event Team SUA were able to raise £633.27 for the UNICEF Earthquake Appeal.

A huge thank you to all the students and staff that contributed. This money has now been donated to help with relief efforts in Turkey and Syria.

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Mikey Gormley Visit

SUA welcomed back singer/song-writer Mikey Gormley.

Students in KS3 received a workshop focusing on rhyme and rhythm which then gave them an opportunity to write their own poem which was critiqued by Mikey himself.

Students were fantastic and there was some great work produced, Mikey was very impressed!

CEO Dr James Capper

We welcomed our new CEO Dr. James Capper and Andrew Warren from the Department for Education. They were really impressed with the great work and excellent behaviour displayed by our students. Proud to be TeamSUA!

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Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins tickets coming soon...

Dates: 9th, 10th & 11th May 2023

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Year 12 Catering

Year 12 students have been completing their practical tasks this half term and have produced some wonderful dishes, as part of a brief that they were given. Students had to use a variety of skills and techniques to produce the dishes. Techniques such as jointing a whole chicken, meat preparation and cooking, homemade egg noodles, stock, pastry, meringue, fruit coulis making were all elements that made up the dishes. Well done year 12.

Pi Day

The whole academy celebrated Pi Day on the 14th March. Students learned about the origins and history of pi. Students also completed activities based around the area of pizza’s and how this relates to value for money.

Netball

6th March netball competition Cheslyn Hay

Year 7 game - 6 - 8. Very close game! Player of the match was Erin Smith


Year 8 game Friendly game - all worked incredibly hard! Player of the match was Belle Dyson

BIMMS Music workshop

SUA musicians were treated to a day working with the talented team from the Birmingham Institute of Music. BIMMs alumni include George Ezra, James Bay, Tom Odell and the Kooks! We were fortunate to spend the day learning from some of their current and extremely talented musicians. Our Year 10-12 students learnt about careers, education pathways, stagecraft and ensemble work sharing performances and receiving guidance and feedback. At the end of the day we were then joined by our musicians across Years 7-9 in a short showcase of performances from @performatia_payne and the band Eighty Eight Miles (who are available on spotify and are also performing along side McFly later in the year), who had been sharing their skills with us throughout the day. What a wonderful way to end the week!
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Year 10 Geography field trip

Great weather for Y10 Geographers completing their rivers fieldwork on Cannock Chase. Well done to all that took part!

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The Hawthorns trip

Fantastic opportunity for our KS4 & SUA6 students to visit The Hawthorns, home of WBA. The aim of this visit was for students who have expressed an interest in sports journalism to have a behind the scenes look at what happens at football clubs and an opportunity to network with people in the industry. We would like to thank the staff at The Albion Foundation for their hospitality.

Red Nose day

Well done to our SUA6 students for organising a fantastic Red Nose Day. We had SUA's Got Talent, staff vs sua6 football match, cinema club, Fifa Xbox tournament as well as other brilliant activities. We were able to raise over £850, what a brilliant day!

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Brainboost Brainboost

SUA Rewards SUA Rewards

Tutor Programme Tutor Programme

Extracurricular activities Extracurricular activities

Key dates for next term

Summer Term 2023


Term starts: Monday 17th April

May Day: Monday 1st May

T&L afternoon: Friday 26th May students leave at 12pm

Break up: Friday 26th May

Half term: Monday 29th May – Friday 2nd June

Return: Monday 5th June

T&L afternoon: Monday 3rd July students leave at 12pm

Term ends: Friday 21st July at 12pm

INSET day: Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th July

Holiday: Wednesday 26th July to Monday 4th September

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Thank you and have great Easter from all of us at Team SUA Thank you and have great Easter from all of us at Team SUA

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