Author Archives: John Dooley

Word of the day – 07/05/2020

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 – 06/05/2020

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 […]

Are you a Year 11 student considering a career in healthcare?

Are you a Year 11 student considering a career in healthcare?   If so, you can now watch a series of videos giving an insight into the profession with the Royal College of Practitioners’ free initiative ‘Observe GP’.   The videos look at some of the joys and challenges experienced by healthcare workers and will […]

Word of the day – 04/05/2020

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 – 05/05/2020

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 […]

Adolescent wellbeing survey during the COVID-19 lockdown

Sir Thomas Boughey Academy has been asked to participate in a study looking at adolescent wellbeing during the COVID-19 lockdown.   The details and links are below should you wish to take part.   Mrs Robbins – Safeguarding Lead     The University of Birmingham is doing an online questionnaire study looking at adolescent wellbeing […]