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.

On Thursday 7th March 2019, we were delighted to welcome Andy Haldane, the Chief Economist of the Bank of England.

Over 180 students from our local Primary School had a day of fun and excitement this week as we hosted our very own Science Day to coincide with British Science Week.

World Book Day was last Thursday, 7th March, and here at Sirius Academy West, we played host to over 100 Year 5 pupils from our local Primary Schools who enjoyed a day of English, Drama and Art to help them write their own story, develop their characters and design their front cover.

At the end of the summer term, Young Writers’ offered an exciting opportunity for students (between the ages 11-18) to partake in a challenging and exciting creative writing opportunity.

From Monday 25 February Service 296 & 297 times will change slightly to help buses keep to time in congested morning traffic, and buses will also have to divert due to road closures on the route.

Nearly 100 students from our local Primary School had an afternoon of fun and excitement this week as we hosted our first ever technology event.

On Saturday the academy hosted our annual Sporting Aptitude Test for a large number of pupils from our local Primary Schools.

Sirius Academy West will host the annual Sporting Aptitude Testing day on Saturday 12th January 2019 (9.30am-1.30pm).

Our school-based Combined Cadet Force, CCF Sirius was established in 2017, welcoming all students from both Sirius Academy North and West to join this inspiring youth organisation.

Sirius Academy West has now received the list of Year 6 pupils that have identified us as either their first, second or third preference for Year 7 in September 2019. We must now rank all of these applications in accordance to our admissions policy.

Congratulations to Mr Basile's Tutor for their outstanding attendance over the last few weeks. Since returning from Half-Term, E07-CBA have managed to completed two full weeks of 100% attendance! Tutors are rewarded for perfect attendance each week with a series of escalating prises.

To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018 Sirius Academy West hosted their own version of The Apprentice for nearly 100 pupils from our local Primary Schools. Pupils from Rokeby, Christopher Pickering, Wheeler, Ainthorpe and Bricknell competed to create, develop and market their own Safari Park.

Over 20 Year 10 students attended Craven Park yesterday (Thursday) for an all day Enterprise event to mark Global Entrepreneurship Week. This was attended by many of our local secondary schools and I am happy to say that our Year 10's did not let us down, delivering a 2nd place out of 18 teams competing to win.

This week the academy hosted the first stage of our Maths and English G&T Programme with eight of our local Primary Schools.

Calling all Year 11s and their parents/carers.

Yesterday myself and 5 pupils from the year 11 Science 9's club were invited to the deep as part of Hull's Science week.

The Hull Active Schools Annual Award Evening was staged at the Mercure Hull, Grange Park Hotel last night.

Sirius Academy West was represented at the Humber Games Finals by the Year 9 and 10 Girls Rounder's Teams and paired team representation in Years 7 and 8 Orienteering Teams and by a number of Leaders in Years 9 and 10.

The following pupils have been invited to attend a reward celebration for their outstanding commitment to Enrichment this year.

Golf is a game which is regarded as a most elitist sport and difficult for young students to access.

Throughout June and July Sirius Academy West has played host to nearly 700 Y5 pupils from the local area.

Congratulations to our Y6 Early Starters that completed their five week programme with us on Friday!

Last Saturday saw the final weekend of our support sessions for a group of Y6 pupils that are due to arrive at the academy in September.

A week last Saturday, eleven elite members of the CCF departed for Wathgil, Catterick to take part in the week long annual camp.

80 year 5 students joined Mr Gordon and Miss Shaw for a reward trip to Welton Waters Adventure Centre on Monday 25 June 2018 for a fun filled multi-activity day.

Nearly 40 of our new Y6 pupils are spending the next three Saturdays with us at the academy working with key staff in preparation for September.

Sirius Academy West celebrated World Book Day 2018 by bringing a number of local primary school children together for a short story writing masterclass.

Due to the visit of the Beast from the East and the Academy closure, we celebrated World Book Day a little later this year.

Year 5 students at Penshurst Primary School have been studying the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling as their topic for the last two half terms.

Sirius Academy West celebrated British Science Week with over 160 pupils from our local primary Schools on Wednesday 14th March.

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.

Fused Dance Company started working with Sirius Academy in October 2017 and Winifred Holtby School in December 2017.

Sirius Academy West continued with their celebrations of British Science Week with a visit to Penshurst Primary School on Friday 16th March.

Thanks for all your support so far - we managed to raise £43.50 in just 15 minutes at break today!

Congratulations to all those pupils in Y6 that received notification this week that their destination for September 2018 is Sirius Academy West!

Twenty two year 5 students from Christopher Pickering spent the day at the KCOM stadium today developing essential numeracy skills.

On Wednesday 15th November, 38 of our students travelled to The Royal Albert Hall in London, to perform alongside 11 other secondary school students from Hull and other ensembles from areas around the country as part of the Music For Youth Proms and funded through City of Culture 2017.

On Thursday 30th November, twenty-one high attaining year 9s visited London to participate in a variety of English and Humanities themed extended learning opportunities.