Double delight as Academy 360 celebrates two prestigious national awards
Staff and students at Academy 360 describe their delight after the school received both the Parental Partnership award and History Quality Mark.
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00:00 Okay then Jake, so what are some of the ways that parents get involved at the school then?
00:05 Some of the ways that parents get involved is they can come on trips, they can come to parents evenings, they can come to the...
00:18 Some of the shows you mentioned earlier?
00:20 Bistroff.
00:22 Okay.
00:23 And just way too many to name.
00:26 And why do you think it's important that parents get involved in school life?
00:29 Because if parents get involved in the school they know what's happening, it gives them a better understanding of what goes on in school.
00:38 Okay. And Ruby, you also got an award for history as well, so what's the best thing about learning about history at this school?
00:45 The best thing about learning history is about when you get to go on trips and see new things.
00:51 What about you, Ryo?
00:52 Probably the same as Ruby, the experience that it used to be like back then.
00:58 And what's one of the trips you've been on?
01:00 The Roman Roans I think it was.
01:03 Okay. So you've got these two awards at the school, how does that make you feel Jake?
01:07 Superb.
01:08 Proud.
01:09 Excited.
01:11 Okay and Mrs West, I want to just ask first what the parental award is all about and why the award was given to the school?
01:17 We always have strong community links and parental links in school and we felt as a staff body it would be lovely to be recognised for all of the additional work
01:26 that parents support us with within our school and our curriculum and recognise the hard work of the staff.
01:33 The award recognises a strong curriculum and the involvement of parents, it recognises our strong links of communication
01:41 and through social media we use, our information sheets and workshops and obviously all of the enrichment events that they're allowed to
01:49 and encouraged to visit with their children.
01:53 The history quality mark, what does that entail and again what stood out for the assessors as to why the school got the award?
01:58 The history quality mark recognises the history provision within our school and the quality of it.
02:04 Outstanding for our award was our enrichment that we provide for history, all the trips and visits that we have in each year group
02:15 and every half term is a big strength of our school to provide our children with the opportunities to experience first hand.
02:23 And how does it feel to get both these awards?
02:26 We're absolutely thrilled to have both of the awards, it again just reinforces the dedication and support of the whole community and the staff
02:36 and importantly for the children the quality of curriculum provided at Academy 360.