On the Monday 22nd June, we took some students to take part in the Hull schools quad kids athletics competition at the Costello stadium.

On Monday 22nd June 2015, the Hull University Singing Strategy group worked with music students in Years 7-10 through a range of interactive vocal activities and workshops.

The Year 10 Music students put on their own summer performance event as part of their BTEC course.

Over the past couple of months we have been learning about conflict minerals and how they impact the world.

On Wednesday 10th June, we were able to host a special day for some of our students as they took part in the sky sports living for sport program. Ben Pipes, who was the Great Britain Men’s Volleyball captain at the London 2012 Olympics, and has played professional volleyball across Europe, joined us in the academy for the day.

The year 10 GCSE Photography students have been on a field trip around some of Hulls most glamorous locations.

Year 7 Maths whizz kids have completed their final visit to the KC for a host of fun Maths activities.

Students walked around Boulogne’s old town, visited an aquarium and learnt how chocolate is made at a French chocolate factory.

Students have worked on their proposal to make Hull the first “Conflict Free City” in the UK.

8 girls took part in the Y7 rounders tournament playing 4 games in their group.

It was great to see three ex Yr 11 Thomas Ferens Academy students (Joe Hargreaves, Connor Gooch and Ryan Adamson) visiting the PE department this week for a quick catch up.

The Year 8 softball games took place on Thursday evening with teams from Malet Lambert, Thomas Ferens and Kingswood Academy taking part. All three teams were enthusiastic about the games and all pupils were a credit to their teachers and their schools.

We will have a visitor in The Academy - Ben Pipes. He was the GB captain for the volleyball team at the London Olympics and is also an Athlete Mentor for Sky Sports Living for Sport program, a scheme we are now participating in.

Year 11 have been creating their final performances for their exam. The class were given their stimulus which they explored as a class and each group came up with three very different performances.

A group of 11 students, (all girls, braver than the lads I think) had requested to take part in the abseiling event at the Year 11 residential recreational centre Hollow Ford located in the Peak District.

Ms Fortnum took a group of Yr 7s to KC Stadium every Monday to take part in "Run With It", a program to deliver functional Maths.

A group of 11 students, (all girls, braver than the lads I think) had requested to take part in the abseiling event at the Year 11 residential recreational centre Hollow Ford located in the Peak District.

The following students represented the Academy in the Year 8 softball championships.

The year 9 students were up for the challenge on Wednesday evening, with 26 students attending the first Btec Sport revision session, in preparation for their Unit 1 external exam week beginning 29th June.

Eastmount Recrea􏰀on Centre, Longhill, Hull HU8 9NB.