RSA Academy

Our Year 11 Hospitality students have been working with MA students from University of Central Birmingham – you may remember the online survey we asked students and parents to complete. The recipe book has now been published and is attached here. Read the rest of this entry →

This week 5 groups of students got the chance to show off the work they had produced in Enrichment this term as part of a challenge set by AVIVA. The challenge was to design an app which would encourage young people to save, part of a new project run by the Ideas Foundation called I AM Creative. Read the rest of this entry →

Our annual spring fayre will be held on Friday 25^th May. This is the second time we’ve organised a spring event. Much of the planning has been done by a group of Year 7 and 8 students who in addition to organising all the stalls have been trying to make sure that we will have good weather on Friday afternoon! Read the rest of this entry →

This week’s art work of the week is a very dramatic photograph. The image is another photography piece by the Year 11 BTEC Level 3 Certificate group. The image, appropriately titled ‘Apocalyptic Tipton’, is part of the ‘Ways of Seeing’ project the group is currently undertaking and was shot and edited by Daniel Tudor.

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All lost property must be claimed before the end of term. Any remaining items will be donated to charity.

All parents of Year 6 students who will be starting at the Academy in September 2012 should by now have received a letter giving details about the week long summer school taking place at the Academy on 23rd to 28th July. If parents haven’t already done so, would they please complete the permission slip and activity form and return to the Academy by Wednesday 23rd May 2012. Read the rest of this entry →

After the many hours of hard work students spent building the fabulous RSA chicken house, our seven friendly hens have moved in. ‘Jacqueline Wilson’ and ‘Tikka’ were the first to arrive, having been kindly donated by Jamie’s Farm. They settled in quickly and laid us our first two eggs within 24 hours. Five more broody hens arrived on Saturday morning and ‘Jacqueline’ and ‘Tikka’ welcomed them to their new home. Read the rest of this entry →

The recent sunny weather has helped to coax the clematis on the front of the teaching blocks into bloom. There are some other plants there as well but so far it is the clematis which is successfully ‘reaching for the sky’! This time next year we should also have a selection of fruit trees in blossom to add to our landscaping. Read the rest of this entry →

We have a small number of places available throughout the Academy. If you would like further information about admissions, please contact machin.k@rsaacademy.org