Pupils at Minerva Primary Academy, with the help of staff, have opened their very own Post Office. This brand-new role play area is for pupils to gain experiences of real-life activity and introduce a narrative into their play.

Early Years pupils will act as Post Masters behind the counter. Through role play they will learn how to sell and post items to family and friends; they will learn about money exchanging between customers and using their words to pretend. They will also be writing letters and messages with marks, filling envelopes, and sticking stamps onto the envelopes.

The aim of this educationally based project is to develop pupil’s wider vocabulary when discussing money, shipping parcels, and sending letters. Geography and understanding the world around them has its place as pupils will consider where are the parcels being sent, thinking about different places and how long it will take to get there.

Verity Creed, Early Years teacher said, “It is lovely to have such a wonderful outdoor environment which the children can use in all seasons. Having a space outside for them to pretend to work in a post office allows the children to be fully engaged in their learning together, building social skills, practising conversation, and representing aspects of familiar life outside of school.”

It’s been a bumper month for CLF academies in the November edition of the Voices newspapers, nine separate articles! King’s Oak golfer made the front page of the Kingswood Voice, CLF involvement in the reimagine national project and fundraising for Macmillan and much, much more. See below to find out more details.

The World Reimagined is a ground-breaking, mass participation art education project to transform how we understand the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its impact. Two Cabot Learning Federation academies are taking part in the project, Bristol Brunel Academy and Summerhill Academy.

Year 11 student, Ashley Millington, from King’s Oak Academy has been selected to play for the under 16 England Golf Team.

Macmillan’s Coffee Morning is an annual event dedicated to bringing people together over a cuppa to raise vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. People all over the UK host their own coffee event and donations raised on the day are made to Macmillan. At two academies within the Cabot Learning Federation coffee mornings were held on Friday 29^th September to raise money for this very worthy cause

Begbrook Primary Academy has invested in hundreds of books  for pupils to borrow and read, with their families. Please read the article below to find out more.

Minerva Primary Academy has set up a group called Equality, Diversity, and inclusion ambassadors for pupils to work with staff on planning assemblies and an international day to celebrate different cultures, and much more.

Staff and students at Bristol Brunel Academy dressed in yellow to raise vital funds for Hello Yellow. Staged on World Mental Health Day, Hello Yellow support young people with mental health issues and is run by the charity Young Minds

Streets outside Minerva Primary Academy are cleared everyday at pick-up and drop-off times, the aim of this is to make school journeys safer and healthier for all.

King’s Oak Academy have had a great start to start to the school year with lots of footballing success sporting their brand-new kits sponsored by local companies SJC Building Services and Clifton Surveys with both companies being ran by local people and having strong links to King’s Oak.

Staff and students at Bristol Brunel Academy dressed in yellow to raise vital funds for

Hello Yellow. Staged on World Mental Health Day, Hello Yellow support young people with mental health issues and is run by the charity Young Minds.

Young Minds is the UK’s leading charity fighting for children and young people’s mental health.

They want to see a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health, and all young people get the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what.

Students and staff raised around £300.00 for this worthy cause by wearing shoes or trainers of their choice, they paid £1 each to do this.

Off The Record a local charity that supports young children with their mental health, visited the academy at lunchtime and had a stall where all students could go and discuss issues around mental health.

At tutor time they had a pop-up session where students could talk about anxiety and nervousness and found out where they could get support.

Tom Leahy, Associate Assistant Principal said, “The purpose of the day was to encourage students to discuss young people’s mental health and ensure they know what support is out there. The more we talk about this and get young people to open up, the more we can help. Although Hello Yellow is one day, we will revisit the issue regularly at Bristol Brunel Academy with students and staff.”

Year 11 student, Ashley Millington, from King’s Oak Academy has been selected to play for the under 16 England Golf Team.

Ashley got into the England team by sending his scorecards from all competitions to the EGA (European Golf Association) where players are ranked. Ashley is ranked 9^th in the under 16 age group in the country, so he received a call to join the team. He played his first tournament in Italy where the England team came 9^th out of 20 teams.

Ashley who plays his golf at The Players Golf Club, Codrington, was inspired by his father at the age of five to take up the sport. His notable wins to date have been the Avon schools’ event at Bristol and Clifton golf club. And as part of a men’s team, he also won the South Western Counties Championship.

Ashley said, “It meant a lot to me to get into the England team after all the hard work I have put in, it was nice to see that this work paid off. I would also like to thank my family for all their support throughout my golfing career to date.”

Alex Heath, Head of Year 11 said, “We at King’s Oak are all very proud of Ash’s accomplishments and wish him continued success in his golfing future. We look forward to seeing how he progresses.”

                                                             Bristol Brunel Academy            Summerhill Academy

The World Reimagined is a ground-breaking, mass participation art education project to transform how we understand the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its impact.

Created with artists, teachers and educationalists, The World Reimagined Learning Programme is an experiential and transformative journey that empowers students, teachers and school communities to create a future for racial justice.

Two Cabot Learning Federation academies are taking part in the project, Bristol Brunel Academy and Summerhill Academy.

At Bristol Brunel Academy, the design is centred around the theme of Mother Africa. Each portrait represents a small visual glimpse of the African journey. The first depicts its rich, cultural heritage prior to the transatlantic slave trade and leads on to the journey during which so many Africans suffered. The story unfolds into a world reimagined where there is racial justice and differences are unifying rather than divisive.

Within the design, the African and British flowers symbolise hope and understanding and the artwork is underpinned by a calm but often turbulent sea and a vibrant sky that contains a new constellation. The stars follow the path of the transatlantic slave trade triangle to recognise the suffering, impact and legacy of slavery.

Rachel Taylor-Evans, Curriculum Leader for Art at BBA, said: “Students really embraced this project, and a lot of thought and passion went into the design. I feel it is important to bring issues that are happening around the world into the classroom so we can educate and debate with our students the importance of these matters.”

 At Summerhill Academy they followed the theme of ‘Threads of Africa weaving around the world’. The children designed and painted the Summerhill globe with words and fabric patterns inspired by the colours and proverbs relating to traditional fabrics.

One of the children who took part, Ahmed aged 10, said: “I am really proud to be able to show off some of our history and culture to other children in school and in Bristol.”

Chris Barrett, Principal at SA, said: “Summerhill Academy prides itself on the way it embraces its community’s heritage and traditions and weaves them into its Personal Development curriculum, something which OFSTED rated as ‘Outstanding’ in a visit earlier this year.”

The globes also featured as part of our CLF Arts Festival in July and were hugely admired by students, teachers, families, and members of the community.