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Thank a teacher
New on the Headteacher's Blog: Thank a Teacher
This week was National Thank A Teacher day, on Wednesday 23rd June. It is always lovely to receive messages of thanks, not just on one day of the year but at any time! One of the things that has sustained us at Churchill through the past fifteen months has been the stream of positive comments from parents and families, showing their gratitude for the work of all school staff – not just teachers –…
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The Class of 2021
The Class of 2021
Today we said farewell to the Year 13 class of 2021. These students – whether they have been with us for seven years, or joined us in the Sixth Form – have made a huge contribution to the Academy through their time with us. Their Sixth Form experience has been shaped and scarred by the coronavirus pandemic, but they have borne the trials and tribulations of self-isolations, two national lockdowns…
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Happy Easter
New on the Headteacher's Blog: Happy Easter
The date of Easter moves around in the calendar, according to the lunar cycle. This is because it takes place on the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, which is the name give to the first full moon after the vernal equinox. The vernal equinox (when the Sun is exactly above the equator, so that day and night on Earth are of equal length) takes place on March 20th each year, but because the…
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Year 9 Learning Groups and the Academy Values
New on the Headteacher's Blog: our Year 9 Learning Groups and the Academy Values
Last week’s assembly, coordinated by Mr Davies, explained the people behind the names of this year’s Year 9 learning groups. They are all people with important links to our nearest city, Bristol – and they have all showed the Academy’s values. We hope that these figures from our local history will inspire our current students to similar endeavours of kindness, curiosity, and…
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Yes we can
New on the Headteacher's Blog: Yes we can
Source This has been quite the week for schools. We have had the re-opening announcement: all students to return. Seventy pages of guidance, from lateral flow tests to face coverings to ventilation to hygiene to “bubbles” to cleaning and beyond…with the health and wellbeing of our staff and students depending on its implementation. Then we have had the decisions on how GCSE, AS and A level,…
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Thank you: you've done an amazing job
New on the Headteacher's Blog - thank you: you've done an amazing job
To our staff Working in a school at the moment is unlike anything we have ever known. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any team work as hard as the Churchill staff since January: it has been awe-inspiring. Teachers have had to re-plan existing curriculum to deliver remotely, finding technological solutions to replace in-class interactions. Providing feedback has become labour-intensive: what would,…
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How to help your child through lockdown
New on the Headteacher's Blog: How to help your child through lockdown
This lockdown, through the winter months, is a challenge for all of us. We continue to be impressed by the determination of our students to maintain their educational standards and their spirits through this difficult time – but it’s hard! Here are some ways that families can help. They won’t all work for all families and all children – but I hope you will find something of use. Show an…
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Christmas at Churchill: 2020
New on the Headteacher's Blog: Christmas at Churchill 2020
We won’t let a few little things like a global pandemic, last minute government policy announcements, gale force winds and torrential rain dampen our festive spirits! Christmas at Churchill was a little different this year, but still spectacular… Sixth Form Fancy Dress and Revue The Revue was a online spectacular this year, with a live-streamed TV studio and interactive fun! All in the…
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Ten books I have read in 2020
New on the Headteacher's Blog: Ten books I have read in 2020
I have always found an escape in books, and this year more than any other I have needed that outlet, to be taken away into another world and to lose myself in fiction. Here are ten books I have enjoyed in 2020 – some suitable for students, some for adults. I hope you find it useful! The Binding by Bridget Collins Suitable for: Year 11+ This is a beautiful book, laced with magic, where mystical…
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Staying safe online
New on the Headteacher's Blog: Staying safe online
The coronavirus pandemic has meant that more and more of us are spending more and more of our time online. The internet is a blessing in times like these, enabling us to connect, interact, stay in touch and find the help we need, all without leaving our homes. For schools like ours, the ability to harness technology to deliver education when students are not able to be in school has transformed…
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Getting to grips with Google Classroom
New on the Headteacher's Blog: Getting to grips with Google Classroom
Since the start of this academic year, we have moved all our homework and online learning on to Google Classroom. This is a hugely powerful platform for teachers and for students. For students Mr Hart helpfully prepared this “student guide to Google Classroom” earlier in the year to help our students get to grips with the system: As well as Google Classroom, all students have access to a…
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When the pandemic hits
New on the Headteacher's Blog: When the pandemic hits
Nationally and locally, the impact of the pandemic has really ramped up since half term. From September, we have seen isolated cases, in both staff and students, resulting in self-isolations for contained “bubbles” of students across the first term. Since we have been back, the situation has felt very different.
Latest case figures for North Somerset from the BBC tracker (source)
Cases in…
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Open during lockdown
New on the Headteacher's Blog: Open during lockdown
I am writing this post on 5th November 2020, the first day of the new national restrictions imposed by the government to control the spread of coronavirus, protect the NHS, and save lives. This is the second wave, so we’ve been here before: except, this time, schools are staying open.
Year 7 in a group of 6 under the canopy
I will never forget March 2020, and the first lockdown. COVID-19…
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Attitude to Learning: Effort Grades
New on the Headteacher's Blog: Attitude to Learning - Effort Grades
At Churchill, we believe a student’s attitude to learning is the biggest determining factor in the progress they will make with us. All students, no matter what their ability or level of attainment, can demonstrate attitudes to learning which will maximise their chances of success.
Attitudes to Learning: where we were
Over the past few years, we have graded attitudes to learning as either…
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What's happening inside the Stuart House block?
New on the Headteacher's Blog: What's happening inside the Stuart House block?
As students returned this September, they have had their French and Spanish lessons in some very unusual locations across the Academy, including Art rooms and Science labs. Why? Well, because the languages classrooms don’t currently have any walls…
Inside the Languages Well area, last week
We have become accustomed to new, modern facilities at Churchill Academy & Sixth Form. The Alan Turing…
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Raising the flag
New on the Headteacher's Blog: Raising the flag
Raising the new flag: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
On Friday March 20th, after the last students had gone home, I lowered the Academy flag. It was one of the most poignant moments in my career. At the time, I wrote:
I walked the school for one last time: every block, deserted, empty, silent. It brought home to me that the school isn’t the buildings, the classrooms, the whiteboards and the…
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What's happened with the A-level results?
New on the Headteacher's Blog: what's happened with the A-level results?
This year’s A-level results have been the most controversial ever, by a long way. But what exactly has happened? And what can we do about it?
How were the grades calculated?
When the Secretary of State announced on 18th Marchthat schools would close, he also announced that exams were cancelled, but that “we will work with the sector and Ofqual [the exams regulator] to ensure that children…
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