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Over two hundred Year 6 students, who have successfully secured a place to join the Ruskin family in Year 7 from September, joined us for a jam-packed transition day yesterday (4^th July). The day started with a welcome assembly from Ms Wyles, with students then joining their form group for a tour of the Academy and to spend some time getting to know the new faces they will be spending, we are sure, seven very happy years with! Students filled out their ‘Ruskin leaves’ on which they detail their aspiration and dreams for the future, these will be revisited at various points during their years with us as we see them grow and flourish.

The Ruskin Open Day held on Thursday 29th June was the busiest to date, with record numbers of parents and students attending. Thank you to everyone who attended and, of course, to our wonderful student and staff body who set up some fantastic classroom activities and conducted informative tours around our state-of-the-art facilities.

A knight meticulously created by Ruskin students will feature in the “Lincoln Knights’ Trail 2017”, celebrating the 800^th anniversary of the Battle of Lincoln.

The winning design, following a hotly contested house competition, was submitted by Fausta Trimakaite in Year 7. Fausta has worked hard as part of a small team to produce the finished outcome which we all think looks amazing.

The latest edition of the Academy newsletter is now available.

The Priory Ruskin Academy hosted the Grantham heats of the Rotary’s 2017 SlamJam competition on Tuesday 16^th May. SlamJam is a performance based writing competition for secondary school students. Choosing to write a poem, a story or a dramatic monologue, students consider the effect they want to have on an audience, and craft their writing accordingly. There are few rules…performances must last no more than 3 minutes; and no costumes or props are allowed. It is all about the quality of the writing, and of the performance. The process is ultimately competitive, but the journey is about the enjoyment of creative writing, and sharing it with an audience.

Four ambitious students from The Priory Ruskin Academy have become the first students in the country to achieve the National Baccalaureate at KS3. Kaan Yaldiz (Y8), Ciara North (Y8), Emily Hollis (Y8) and Martha Bensley (Y7) (pictured front L-R) have demonstrated complete commitment to their studies, the academy and wider community through the achievement of their ‘Ruskin Respect Awards’, an award scheme developed by the Academy that recognises students that go the extra mile in 5 key areas: Aiming High, Learning, Health, Community and Creativity. In addition to their exceptional participation and achievement in the Ruskin Respect Awards the students have also undertaken an independent learning project, which was presented to a panel, and completed a ‘reading passport’, demonstrating they have engaged in a wider reading programme.