OAT Chess Championship
Project Summary This project involved students across OAT academies undertaking social action projects and competitions relating to STEM. The theme of STEMFest was social action and finding solutions through STEM to problems that affect student’s local communities. Overall, 25 STEM-focused social action projects were submitted, 11 academies took part with over 70 students from […]
OAT STEMFest
Project Summary This project involved students across OAT academies undertaking social action projects and competitions relating to STEM. The theme of STEMFest was social action and finding solutions through STEM to problems that affect student’s local communities. Overall, 25 STEM-focused social action projects were submitted, 11 academies took part with over 70 students from years […]
OAT Matholympics
Project Summary The Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT) Matholympics Programme involved termly maths-based competitions across OAT academies where students were set a series of maths based challenges. The project was the first time a national, trust-wide enrichment programme for maths had been developed and established at OAT. Winners of the challenges received Amazon vouchers and support […]
Singing for the community
Pupils from Ormiston Meadows Academy have spread festive cheer to Lapwing Extra Care Retirement Facility by performing a selection of festive songs, and as part of their #iwill project, Kindness in the Community campaign. The pupils were spread around outside the residential home in Orton Brimbles within their social bubbles, and performed a range of […]
#iwill Library
Staff and students at Ormiston Park Academy excitedly celebrated the opening of their new #iwill library. Back in 2018, when the #iwill campaign was first introduced to the academy, the student steering team had to design a whole project that would create a legacy for Park’s community. With no official library in the academy, the […]
Eradicating Bullying in their Academy
The #iwill Support Hub provides students with a safe place where they can drop in for peer-to-peer support sessions to discuss any concerns they have regarding bullying. The aim is to proactively prevent bullying in the school and offer support to students. The hub has been designed to develop a community where every student feel’s […]
#iwill youth social action project – ‘Musical Meadows’
The ‘Musical Meadows’ project has several strands to improve access to music for all pupils at the academy and the wider community. The Academy has established several choirs to allow access to high-quality music tuition and performance opportunities – a KS1 boys choir, continuation of KS2 choir, a community choir involving staff, parents, a local […]
#iwill youth social action project – ‘Difference is normal’
The ‘Difference is normal’ campaign was created to spread awareness to others of different disabilities by producing a schools training package developed by Thomas Wolsey pupils. The aim of the project was to create a more respectful and tolerant society. The students worked with pupils and parents from the Academy. The incentive was trialled in […]
#iwill youth social action project – The EnCLude Project
The EnCLude Project consists of a student-led inclusion group who wish to work with minority groups from Endeavour and the local community. The project has instigated LGBTQ+ activities in Ipswich, which resulted in Suffolk Pride 2019 for which Endeavour was named as the Lead Academy. The students also campaigned for Tolerance and Awareness – Development […]
#iwill youth social action project – Transformation
The ‘Transformation’ project was chosen by students, for the community. Ormiston Denes students have undertaken an ambitious project to transform the Trams into a beautiful walkway that is safe for the community of Lowestoft. To make the project manageable, it has been divided into a series of sub projects, of ideas generated by students, such […]