Public Health England - 26th February
Reference: Public Health England – Priory update 2
Reference: Public Health England – Priory update 2
On Tuesday 11th February members of the Grantham Rotary Club visited the academy to present a cheque for £1000 for the academy’s Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. The welcome donation will be used to provide much-needed new equipment such as tents and cooking stoves for the upcoming expedition this summer.
On Monday 27th January staff and students at Ruskin joined people around the world to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, with the entire academy community coming together in our school corridors to hold a minute of silence. In recent weeks the academy has worked in conjunction with the Holocaust Educational Trust to ensure students really understand the significance of the day, what we are remembering and why it is so important to learn from it. This has been done by sharing powerful individual stories from the Holocaust – seeing the faces and hearing about the lives of some of the men, women and children who perished in the Nazi death camps.
The nation's leading publication for sport in schools, School Sports Magazine, has released its top 100 state schools for sport in England…and Ruskin has placed 26th. This means Ruskin is in the top 1% of state schools for sport nationally. School Sports Magazine rankings are based on performance of competitive school teams across all age groups in a wide variety of national competitions. Noteworthy successes from Ruskin for 2019 were:
U16 Girls Table Tennis National Finals 4th place
U16 Football ESFA Quarter Finalists
U16 Football County Cup Semi-Finalists
U15 Football District Winners
U16 Netball District Winners
U16 and U14 Boys Badminton Regional Finalists 3rd place
Track and Field Cup Junior Boys Regional B Final Winners
Track and Field Championships Junior Boys District Champions
Gymnastics District Champions
U13 Girls Football County Cup Finalists
Lincolnshire Schools Golf Championships 2019 (Handicap 14-28) – Individual Girls winner and Girls event team winners
On Remembrance Day cadets from across The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, travelled to the Whitehall Cenotaph in London to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women.
On Thursday 14th November Ruskin’s annual awards evening was held to celebrate the achievements of our students. This year’s awards were presented to students who best embody our academy values of: Wisdom, Curiosity, Generosity, Courage and Passion.
Our latest newsletter, full of interesting articles about what has been going on at Ruskin since the start of term, can be found here.
We are delighted to announce that Ruskin has earned the Stonewall School Champion status. The new status demonstrates our ongoing commitment to equality and diversity and to celebrating differences. Tolerance is a key British value and is highly valued here at Ruskin.
On Monday 16th September Ruskin welcomed Bryan and Barclay to the Academy to highlight to students the work our fundraising for the Guide Dogs supports. Bryan lost his sight when he was 11 years old but it was not until he was in his 40s that he got his first guide dog. The dogs he has had have transformed his life – making him feel safer, enabling him to get out and about and providing wonderful companionship. Barclay is 6. He demonstrated his exceptional training and calm, intelligent and thoughtful nature throughout talks and demonstrations but don’t be fooled… Bryan informed us that when Barclay’s lead is off and he knows he’s ‘off duty’ he’s apparently quite loopy!
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A Duke of Edinburgh information evening will take place on Thursday 26th September at 5pm in the Great Hall.
The Duke of Edinburgh award scheme is nationally recognised, encourages students to work as part of a team, develop a range of life skills, manage their time effectively and grow more confident through all of the activities that they will engage in.
The evening will last for approximately one hour and both parents and students are invited.