We cruised down the Thames on Wednesday with a sight-seeing cockney commentary… …we drove (crawled) around London on the coach seeing yet more of the famous sites, sampled some Italian food in Zizzis, watched an amazing performance of Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre and rehearsed and received performance critique from the french horn player from […]
Many of the year 6s who will be joining us in September spent the last two days at STB. Tuesday involved a number of problem solving and team building activities, integrating with pupils from different primary schools and making new friends. Wednesday was a full day of lessons, giving pupils an insight into what life […]
Sir Thomas Boughey Academy have a Climbers’ Club that runs weekly on a Friday till 5.30pm. It is available for all years, sexes and abilities. They recently went on the yearly outdoor climbing trip to Windgather in the Peak District. The group went and experienced abseiling, climbing, bouldering and belaying outside. The students were outstanding […]
On Wednesday 6th June, our students attended a Greenpower race at Mallory Park Leicestershire. The race was the culmination of this year’s KMF Young Engineer of the Year project. Over the academic year, we have completely changed Reggie (our electric vehicle originally built from scratch last year). Meeting once a week on Wednesday evenings, Mr […]
Year 10 pupils enjoyed a fantastic trip to Oxford University where they spent time in Wadham and Jesus Colleges. Pupils were given a talk on university life and student finance and then had the opportunity to discuss lectures, accommodation and social life with existing students. Before lunch pupils were privileged enough to witness a post […]
Huge thanks to Sir Charlie Mayfield of John Lewis who gave a fascinating talk to year 10 pupils on the use of plastics and how revolutionary new packaging materials have been designed. Who would have thought that tomato leaves were so useful? He also had some brilliant advice on how to thoroughly enjoy any job […]
On Wednesday 28th March, performers from all 3 Trust schools (music, drama, dance) came together at STBA to perform in the UET Performing Arts Showcase. There were approximately 150 pupils involved from all 3 schools, aided by 2 pupils on the technical sound team. The pupils performed incredibly well, with confidence and flair and made […]
Diana, from Aspire Housing, delivered a most informative and interesting session about raising awareness of Dementia. 38 year 10 Health and Social Care pupils, along with Mrs Goodwin and Ms Deakin, took part in the interactive session. The session began with a heads and tails activity which helped us all to gain further knowledge of […]