Author Archives: John Dooley

Note to Year 6 parents for this year’s intake

Good Morning, I would like to start by introducing myself, I am one of the four House Leaders at Sir Thomas Boughey Academy, as part of my role I oversea the transition from Primary to Secondary School. This year is a strange year for us all, but especially the year 6’s that will not get […]

LLS Q&A sessions with Sports Professionals

Sports education organisation LLS have kindly sent us links to some of their Q and A sessions with sports professionals – an excellent opportunity for those wanting to go on to work in the sports industry. They have also sent links to their mental health wellbeing videos which may be particularly useful during these strange […]

Keeping Up with Maths

I am aware that many of you are going to be taking courses at college that require your maths skills to be on point, to this end I have curated a list of website that will help you both recall and improve your mathematical skills to ensure that they are sharp enough to deal with […]

Word of the day – 05/06/2020

Sir Thomas Boughey Academy’s Word of the Day “Insightful, useful and persuasive words you can use every day” While there are many dictionary sites that provide a “Word of The Day” listing, they often include obscure words that would never be used in a typical conversation, email, or letter. Our WOD introduces our students to […]

Word of the day – 04/06/2020

Sir Thomas Boughey Academy’s Word of the Day “Insightful, useful and persuasive words you can use every day” While there are many dictionary sites that provide a “Word of The Day” listing, they often include obscure words that would never be used in a typical conversation, email, or letter. Our WOD introduces our students to […]

Word of the day – 03/06/2020

Sir Thomas Boughey Academy’s Word of the Day “Insightful, useful and persuasive words you can use every day” While there are many dictionary sites that provide a “Word of The Day” listing, they often include obscure words that would never be used in a typical conversation, email, or letter. Our WOD introduces our students to […]

Ongoing support for students applied to start at Stoke College

Stoke on Trent college are offering ongoing support for year 11 students who have applied to start courses there in September. There will be a series of virtual open events from 22nd of June where you will be able to have a look at the facilities and meet the teaching staff   https://www.stokecoll.ac.uk/events/open-evenings/   Check […]

Word of the day – 02/06/2020

Sir Thomas Boughey Academy’s Word of the Day “Insightful, useful and persuasive words you can use every day” While there are many dictionary sites that provide a “Word of The Day” listing, they often include obscure words that would never be used in a typical conversation, email, or letter. Our WOD introduces our students to […]

Notice to parents – Social distancing outside of school

As you will be aware, over the last few weeks, we have been very busy preparing the site to offer some face-to-face support to Year 10 students. The safety of our students and staff is our absolute priority, which is why we have followed all government guidance to the letter and have even introduced additional […]