The new school app is now available for download on both iOS and Android devices. This app serves as an excellent tool for enhancing communication between parents, carers, and the school. With just a few taps, users can stay updated on important announcements, term times, news and receive real-time notifications about school events.
Welcome back to Athena School September 2024!
Starting school after the summer holidays can bring about lots of feelings, both positive and negative. We can be filled with excitement, as well as nerves and worry.
Staff at Athena School are here to support current and new students transition back to school after the summer holidays. It can feel like a long break, so it can take a while to get back into the school routine.
Below are some links to websites or articles that may help parents, carers and students.
Year 10 students embarked on an exciting three-day residential trip to the Peak District, packed with adventure and outdoor challenges. They enjoyed canoeing along scenic rivers, navigating the waters in teams, while also honing their precision in archery, aiming for the bullseye amidst beautiful natural surroundings. The highlight for many was abseiling down steep cliffs, testing their courage and teamwork. The trip was an unforgettable experience, filled with personal growth, new friendships, and memories of thrilling outdoor activities in one of the UK's most stunning landscapes.
Athena School took part in the youth mock election that took place a week before the UK general election 2024. The project has been an exciting opportunity to support children and young people to have their say and share their views on the issues they care about.
Our Generation. Our Vote. is a political literacy education programme culminating in a mass-scale election specifically for young people under 18. It took place across England and Wales in the lead up to the 2024 UK General Election.
Click here for the video results
Young people voted across primary and secondary schools and youth groups in England and Wales. One priority for Our Generation. Our Vote. was to involve young people who are underrepresented in politics.
As part of Our Generation. Our Vote. young people were encouraged to think about the issues that would affect their voting choices.
Votes for the East Midlands:
Think Sharp Mural
Our school was approached by Sleaford Police station, asking us if we could produce a mural to promote Knife awareness week.
Our year 10s & 11s, attended a discussion about knife crime and their views were very important as it served the basis of the designs they produced.
We talked about words associated with the topic and began to convert those words into designs. Once we had several different designs, we then photocopied them onto clear film to be projected onto the boards. The pupils then drew the designs onto the boards, ready to be painted.
The pupils used their own choosing time to come to the Art room and paint the mural until it was completed.
RSPB Gold Award Winners:
This year in KS3 we all achieved a gold award in the summer term. We completed tasks from 18 units. 9 of those units were experiencing nature and 9 of the units were helping nature. This allowed us to see how we can help the environment and how wildlife effects the way we live. Experience nature Some of the things we took part in were...
Bird watching while on a trip to Doddington hall.
Looked at insects under a microscope.
Minibeast hunt then looked at them under a magnifying glass.
Looking at different habitats including woodland and pond at Doddington hall.
Looked at natural items under the microscope including feathers, leaves and flowers.
Flower dissection.
Using quadrants to look for different plant species within the school fields.
Write poems and diary entries rom trips to Doddington hall and Hartsholme.
Helping nature Some of the things we took part in were... Made a compost heap.
Made leaflets and posters or an endangered species.
Made fat balls for the birds and hung them outside.
Made bird boxes, hedgehog homes, bee houses.
Planted wild grass seeds.
Lincoln now has a community Grocery:
There is an annual membership of £5.00 per year. It is £4.00 a shop and you can do up to 5 shops a week.
It is to be open Mon-Fri 9.30 am to 4.30 pm and is at
Beaumont Manor
Lincoln
LN1 1UL
They have a Facebook page – Community Grocery Lincoln and can be contacted via their page linked above..
