Gabi is one of our top students, who is also completing the Race for Life for her Duke of Edinburgh award.

The Combined Cadet Force returned into camp yesterday afternoon after Sunday night out in the field.

Gabi Surdyk has been appointed the young Mayor of Hull and will be attending many of the city events to deliver speeches and opening festivals.

The cadets of Sirius CCF were blessed with a weekend of fine weather for their Field Weekend, which saw 13 of the contingent training in Strensall, York.

The Defence School of Transport at Leconfield held a special event during the half term as a reward to the best cadets from the RLC cap-badged Cadet Expansion Plan units.

The Sirius Academy North Year 9 boys rugby team played in their first of the three Yorkshire League matches and came out victorious with a convincing win over Airdale Academy, Castleford by 64 points to 0.

The presentation for the 'Young Artists Of the year' competition was this evening and here are our results.

Yes! Its that time again!

The boys had a great day and received a well-deserved 3rd place in the Finals!

This week, 7 of our students have taken their drum exam at the Albermarle Music Centre.

The Yr 8 and Yr 9 football teams travelled over to Kelvin Hall this week for the semi-final of the Hull Schools Cup.

Yesterday Mr. McNiff and I had the pleasure of taking six students from the School's Wargaming club to compete in the Warhammer National Schools Semi-finals in Nottingham.

On Friday 9th March the academy's hosted it's annual Y6 Maths and English G&T Challenge for pupils in our local Primary Schools.

Tonight, our public speaking team (yes, we have a public speaking team) consisting of Year 9 students Finnan West, Jess Tuck and Mason Webster, defied odds Leicester City style and scooped the local Youth Speaks 1st prize and £400 for the academy after delivering a powerful speech on how ‘everyone is an artist’.

A huge thank you to all staff and students that contributed to or participated in our Christmas Market. We raised a brilliant £438.41 for the charity ‘Children with Cancer UK’.

Sirius has got Talent was a massive success at lunchtime Wednesday 15th December 2017 and the students have only been rehearsing since last Tuesday.

Last night myself and Miss Mead took the year 8 girls football team to St Mary’s to take part in their 7 aside football competition.

Please congratulate our spelling bee winner KENNEDY COATES if you see her around this afternoon. Well done Kennedy!

This week our most dependable cadets visited Middleton Barracks at Calvert Lane and received a warm welcome from local detachment Royal Logistic Corps.

Recently we took 120 Y10 pupils to see 'A Christmas Carol' at Hull Truck Theatre.

On Wednesday 15th November, 15 of our students travelled to The Royal Albert Hall in London, to perform alongside other secondary schools in Hull and other ensembles from areas around the country as part of the Music For Youth Proms.

On Thursday 16th November, eight Y9 students travelled to Craven Park to take part in an enterprise event as part of Global Enterprise Week. The students took part in a series of tasks challenging their team-working and creativity skills.

Meeting for German Christmas Market Visit, Monday 13th November 2017, 6pm

Rachael Dixon won best sculptor in hull with her ceramic vase "Sunken Treasure".

Year 7 and 8 students were given the homework task to create a 3D model on anything they have studied in their history lessons during this academic year.

Last Friday, Miss Mulligan and some Year 8 students had the opportunity to participate in a Beatboxing and DJing workshop that was held at the Albemarle Music Centre.

After a tough half term and an English Literature exam on the morning, on Friday 26th May, twenty eight Year 11s headed to Caythorpe Court, Lincolnshire to embark on an action packed revision and activity weekend with PGL.

On Thursday 18th May, 36 Key Stage 3 (from Y7, 8 and 9) Geography students and 4 members of staff embarked on an exciting Geographical adventure to Burgers Zoo, Arnhem in the Netherlands where they were to visit different Ecological Biomes of the world, including Savannah, Rainforest, Desert and Marine.

On Monday 8th May, The Royal Institute of Science delivered a science show for our year 7 pupils.

On Thursday 4th May, Sirius Academy North became a rainforest…

Chief Executive of the Careers and Enterprise Company Visits the Academy to test out Greenpower Racing Cars

On Wednesday 15th March, 23 students from Y8 at Sirius West and Sirius North travelled together on a Gifted and Talented trip, to Helmsley in North Yorkshire.

On Friday 3rd March, ten ‘Gifted and Talented’ Y7 pupils were invited to take part in the Institute of Civil Engineers Competition, held at Sirius Academy West.

Debate Club: Last week Debate Club played the game Werewolves, a game of deception, argument and persuasion.

To celebrate World Book Day, Sirius Academy North was joined by the children's author Jonathan Meres.

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of taking students from our Wargaming / Modelling Club to participate in the regional qualifiers for the National Games Workshop School Alliance Competition.

Debate Club takes place every Thursday, after school, in the library. Last night, the students were tasked with doing a 'Balloon Debate' - a number of fictional profiles for people were provided and the scenario was that everyone was in a hot air balloon that was plummeting because it was over-filled.

On Sat 11th February, 11 Year 11 students and Mr Sullivan and Miss Blanchard, braved the elements to travel across the city to our sister school Sirius West.

Yesterday in Geography two Yr 8 groups took part in the World Trade Game! We live in an unfair world which is divided into rich and poor.

The night before a bottom of the table clash eleven Young Reporters made their way to the training ground of Hull City AFC.

Tuesday 8th November 2016 saw us take part in the second week of our Young Reporter programme.

Tuesday 15th November was our third week of our Young Reporters programme and this week was a new experience for not only the students but also Mrs.

On Thursday 17th November 2016, GEW Hull week excelled itself by completing the FIRST collaborative secondary school Mannequin challenge! High profile guest speakers joined in with secondary school students including our very own Sirius Academy West and Sirius Academy North students to take part in the mannequin challenge.

For over a month now SAN has given students an opportunity to develop their model making and wargaming skills by participating in Games Workshop School Alliance Club.

On Tuesday 1st November, a new cohort of students from Y7 and Y8 travelled to the KCOM Stadium for the first session in this years Young Reporters.

On 11th October, a group of Year 9 students visited the KCOM stadium to take part in a careers workshop.

The Academy is proud to announce that two of our students have been successful, participating in the ‘Best Young Artists in Hull’ 2016 competition.

Thanks to the generous support of the HSBC bank and with the help of the Tall Ships Youth Trust, ten of our students have set sail upon a ten day full financed voyage around the French Coast and on into the Med.

On Saturday 3rd Septembers, students from the Academy performed at Hull's annual Freedom Festival.

Last week saw our Yr10 Geography students explore coastal landforms and processes for their forthcoming controlled assessments at Flamborough Head and Hornsea.

This morning more than 20 of our Year 7 Geography and History students joined Mr Carvill, the Head of Humanities, Mr Pilkington, Coordinator of Geography and Ms Blanchard, Lead Practitioner of Humanities, for a celebration breakfast (of bacon, egg and sausage sandwiches!) for their Humanities Intervention participation.

A group of our year 8 and year 9 students took part in an ECITB (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) event yesterday.

On Wednesday 6th July, eight students visited the 'Teen Tech 2016’ event at the KCOM stadium.

On Friday 1st July, a group of year 8 and 9 students took part in the inaugural SAN "Little Bang" (so called as a homage to the Big Bang STEM careers fair that we attended at Doncaster Racecourse on Tuesday).

A group of 53 students from across the year groups visited The Big Bang Fair at Doncaster racecourse, which aims to showcase a wide range of STEM careers available to them.

On Monday, 13 of our students took part in a vocal workshop that was led by Paul Field and Kathleen Guthrie from the Stolen Lives Project.

On Sunday afternoon, Year 8 students Dylan Coupland and Jacob Pacey represented Sirius North on the steel pans and drums as part of the recently formed Hull Community Steel Pan Band.

Four members of the SIRIUS ACADEMY NORTH Gifted & Talented cohort excelled in the recent MENSA testing scoring in the Top 2% for their age in the country.

Last Friday, seven of our students completed their Grade 1 drum exam at The Albermarle Centre.

At Sirius Academy North, literacy and numeracy are both very high priorities and we spend a lot of time thinking about the best ways to raise achievement in these crucial areas.

Students have been exploring war poetry in their English lessons and have been enjoying the works of Tennyson, Owen and Sassoon. So much so, that two of our pupils have gone away and written their own poems independently.

On 21st April, the Academy received a visit from The Happy Puzzle Company.

A group of Year 8 students visited the Reckitt Benckiser R&D factory on Thursday 24th March, so they could pitch their idea for a new product to a panel of "Dragons".

The Healthier Options award recognises catering businesses within Hull and the East Riding area, who are committed to customer care by providing a healthier environment and healthier food choices.

On Friday 18th March, our Year 7 and 8 students attended The Big Bang Science Fair at Hull University.

Proceeds to go to Hull Brain Tumour mum - Leigh Lancaster King appeal to allow treatment that could give her more time with her daughter.

Last night, on Thursday 17th March, we welcomed our future Year 7 students and their families into the Academy.

15 students attended the tournament, with some great quality on display.

This morning, on Wednesday 16th March, students in Year 6 at Parkstone Primary school visited the Academy for a science session, in which they learnt about and made some fossils, They were brilliant ambassadors for Parkstone and had a really good time.

Do you love coming up with great ideas for games? Now is your chance to take it to the next level! BAFTA Young Games Designer is a free initiative that will inspire young people to turn their interest in playing games into a passion for creating them.

The Academy has been busy raising money for Sports Relief all week. To support the cause, the PE department have designed an opportunity for students from all year groups to take part in a range of sporting activities, at lunchtime, such as football, badminton, netball and cricket. This was a fun way to test students’ abilities against those of the PE staff.

On 10th March 2016, the students of 9REN1 participated in the BBC School Report Day.

On Thursday 10th March, some of our Year 8 and 9 Science students participated in a "Dragon's Den" style activity day, in collaboration with Reckitt Bencksier, Smailes Goldie Group and Designs Signage Solutions Ltd.

A group of Year 10 girls spent the day at Hull University where they took part in a number of interactive sessions in the sports and science departments of the University, to celebrate International Women’s Day.

In order to play a part in International Women's day today a group of Year 10 girls spent the day at Hull University.

Our most able students in Maths recently took part in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge.

Thirty four Year 11 students took part in an Aspirational residential recently to four of the colleges at Cambridge University.

The Admissions Team have received a number of concerns from parents of Y6 students regarding the current admissions selection.

The year 11 Btec Sport students, had a great opportunity this week, as they got the chance to ask Hull FC players, Fetuli Talanoa and Mickey Paea, questions about what it takes to be professional and about their training methods.

At Sirius we take the future seriously,our comprehensive careers education and guidance programme is designed to support each individual to make their own realistic and informed career choices.

To make it easier to buy the school uniform, we have chosen to use the Parents Online ordering service from Price & Buckland.

During reward visits to Pizza Hut in the last few days and I Would like to pass on some wonderful comments made about your students. As an employee of Pizza Hut, Kingswood.

On Friday, myself and Kerry Baron travelled to London with Elisee Manzi, Holly Giles and Kieran Wall to attend the ‘Supporter to Reporter’ celebration event at West Ham’s football ground. The day was fantastic and the students were amazing!

After further behind the scenes lobbying and campaigning with the councillors of the City of Hull, I am pleased to say that the resolution for Hull to be Conflict-Free will be approved and passed in Council Chambers on the Thursday 18th June.

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.

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.

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 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.

When we first started the project to make Hull a conflict-mineral free city, we went to Sirius academy to watch presentation while a few Sirius students join us.

A group of Year 11 students visited the KC Stadium on the 15th May, which they all throughly enjoyed.

The RAF brought their educational roadshow to TFA on the 11th of May, the pupils thoroughly enjoyed learning not only about the many career prospects in the RAF; but also the Physics behind engineering.

It has been published via Amazon Kindle and has received the following review so far: This review is from: Bleeding Shadows (Kindle Edition)

Following the fantastic success of the last school production, Little Shop of Horrors students at the Academy are getting ready to audition for the next school production, one of the most loved musicals in the UK, Grease.

Reporting on Hull FC’s 150th Anniversary year is another lucky group of Year 7 Students from Thomas Ferens Academy.

Eleanor Smith and Lucie Poucher both Year 9 girls are part of a Hull cheer leading group called the Diamond white stars.

Thomas Ferens was pleased to welcome X Hull City Footballer Laurie Dudfiled into the Academy on Wednesday 15th April.

On Friday 20th March,Thomas Ferens Head boy Matthew Parker made his professional stage debut in the show ‘Hair Of The Dog’ performed by Penny Duck Theatre.

Students of Thomas Ferens Academy set their goal to the highest of levels this weekend and topped it off meeting those also at the top of their game; Chelsea Football Club.

A summary of British Science Week events at Thomas Ferens Academy 16th-20th March.

Between the 16th-20th March students at the Thomas Ferens Academy will be given the opportunity to engage in an exciting programme of activities for British Science Week 2015

Isn't it amazing to see and hear about how the money you've raised has had a massive positive impact?

Year 9 students completing a practical lesson, covering unit 2 of the EDEXCELl BTEC Sport First Level 2 course.

Student Adam Cunningham prepares for "deconstruction items" as prep work for GCSE Photography exam.

Once the Academy day has finished at 3:05pm we offer a “Homework” club for pupils who can catch up with their homework in a quiet space and have the knowledge that it is completed on time.

Year 11 took part in an aspirational, two and a half day intervention residential at Cave Castle Hotel recently.

Rehearsals are going well for our production of A Little Shop of Horrors.

We are delighted to take this opportunity to introduce you to our Academy. The transition from Primary to Secondary education is the next exciting step in any student’s learning journey. The wealth of opportunities provided can be both empowering and uplifting.