Easter Extravaganza
Photography credited to @MollieProctorPhotography
On Thursday 27th March the six Thanet schools which make up Coastal Academies Trust, gathered at the Granville Theatre in Ramsgate for the highly anticipated Easter Extravaganza musical concert. The Coastal Academies Trust event showcased the immense talent of students from Newington and Cliftonville Primary schools alongside Dane Court Grammar School, Hartsdown Academy, Royal Harbour Academy and King Ethelbert School.
Each school had a fantastic choir and performed in front of a packed audience before the schools performed together, ending with the students from all 6 schools singing as a group. The concern offered a diverse and ambitious programme that thrilled the audience. Each school was superb, but perhaps the stand out moment was the stunning collaboration between the students and a live band adding an extra layer of excitement to the show.
With nearly 150 students taking part, the energy and enthusiasm displayed by the students was contagious, leaving parents, teachers and friends deeply moved by the dedication and skill of our wonderful Thanet youngsters.
CEO of Coastal Academies Trust, Kate Greig, said “This is what being part of a trust is all about – celebrating all our schools and the talented youngsters we have in Thanet. Seeing our older students perform with the younger ones was absolutely brilliant and the event was a testament to the power of collaboration, uniting schools and communities through the joy of performance. The students performed magnificently and the music staff at all our schools pulled it all together for a memorable evening of music and performance. Schools working together, sharing resources, ideas and creativity to give all our young people the best opportunities we can is what makes us proud to be in a Trust.”
GCSE Success
Celebrating IBDP / IBCP Results Across the CAT
Student Social Mobility Awards
Congratulations to Hartsdown Academy for being chosen as school of the year at the Student Social Mobility Awards held at Mansion House, London. This was in recognition of a school making outstanding achievements to boost career aspirations of students from lower socio economic backgrounds.
Winter Warmers
Over four different mornings in early December all of the Year 3 children from Cliftonville Primary School visited King Ethelbert School and the students from Year 5 visited Hartsdown Academy and used their food technology departments to create soup and pizza respectively. They had designed recipes as part of their DT unit on food and nutrition. The children were taken through the cooking process step by step. All the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and learnt lots of great safety tips for being in the kitchen. They all enjoyed the soup and pizza that they made and many shared it with their parents when they went home at the end of the day.
“Just a quick email to say a massive thank you for having us! All the children had a fantastic time and really enjoyed making their soups. Hoping we can do the same again next year! Thanks again.” Mr Kirby Year 3 Teacher
Faraday Challenge
On Wednesday 3rd May, King Ethelbert School hosted a “Faraday Challenge” for twelve of our Year 8 students, who were accompanied by twelve students from Royal Harbour Academy and another twelve from Hartsdown Academy.
This is a national competition run by the Institute for Engineering, where students are challenged to design a prototype of a product as a solution to a current real life problem.
All students had a great day and learnt a lot from Phil Hart, the engineer tasked with running the day.
It was great to get schools from within the Coastal Academies Trust together for a day full of learning about how to make the world a better place.
They battled it out to see who could make the best design and …….
A huge well done to the final winners who were group 3 from Royal Harbour Academy!
