Pancakes + Random Act of Kindness = very happy staff and students at Thornaby Academy! 🥞 A massive thank you to a student for their kindness today. It was very much appreciated! What will your RAK be this week? 💜

We had a lovely assembly today talking to students about random acts of kindness. They had some excellent ideas about why these are important. They have been set a challenge to complete a RAK this week! 💜

⭐ Amazing news for our poets in the making, we are so PROUD of them!⭐

😀 Students enjoyed cake and sandwiches after being invited to our Praise Afternoon Tea as a celebration of how hard they have worked this half term!😀

Y11 - remember that little and often is better for exam preparation! Here is your first little video to help support your revision. Simply scan the code, watch the video and note down what you can recall! Preparation is key 🗝️ 📝

Day 2 of our mini-revision series for English 📝 📓. Simply scan the code, watch the video and afterwards make notes on what you can remember! Let's prepare and do well! #effectiverevision #study #PROUD

Revision tip of the week - flashcards three ways. 1. Questions on the front/ answers on the back. 2. Terms on the front, definition on the back. 3. Quotes on the front, analysis on the back. Prepare to do well in your Step 4! 📝 💜

Day 3 of our mini revision series! Scan the code to watch the fantastic video from our Senior Director of English, Mr Craven, analysing the poem Poppies. 📝 Little and often will help us prepare well for Step 4!

How amazing are our students' portfolios in art! It is always a pleasure to go down to the art room and see how engaged and focused the students are in their wonderful work! #PROUD 🎨 💜

Day 4 of our 'prepare to do well' revision series and we are focusing on Macbeth! What is your favourite Macbeth quote? We 💜 'stars hide your fires let not light see my black and deep desires.' ✨

Day 5 of our helpful revision videos for English Literature and we are focusing on the poem Exposure. Watch the short clip to develop your own perceptive, thoughtful and analytical comments about the famous war poem. 📝 #preparetodowell #revision

How confident are you with your war poetry? Watch the link for today's video focusing on TCOTLB. #Revise #Preparetodowell

Day 7 and we are revising Macbeth today! Scan the QR code on your phone to learn all about tyrant king who disrupts the natural order! #preparetodowell #Step4revision

The sun is shining, which makes us all feel happy and energised! 🌞 Perfect motivation for watching the last of our mini videos focused on the poem 'Remains.'

We are so PROUD of all of our year 11s' hard work, effort and dedication shown so far this week for their STEP 4 assessments. A reminder of the timetable can be found below ⬇️ #DoWell #OutcomesFocused

Reminder that PROUD Friday is back on tomorrow and we cannot wait to see you there! 💜 Since we are in the middle of our STEP assessments, PROUD for Y7 will be in the library. Make sure you remember to pick your book up P1-3 as you will not be able to during lunch. #PROUD

Tomorrow's assessments are below. We look forward to seeing our Y11 students for their warm-up sessions at 7:40 am. Enrichment tomorrow is maths - starting at 2:20 until 3:30. #OutcomesFocused #DoWell

For the theme of the week this week we are focusing on all things science! We are asking students how science has shaped their lives. Mr Sunter will be delivering this week's assembly with some fascinating facts #CuriousAboutLearning

Attendance matters - ensure yours is the best it can be! We know that students who are in front of their teachers make more progress than those who are not. We can't wait to welcome you all for a great week of learning!

We cannot wait to welcome all of our fantastic students to PROUD Friday tomorrow! We are also super excited to welcome a special guest this week! Who will it be? #OutcomesFocused #PROUDtoDoWell