GCSE, AS, A Levels and VQs 2020: How it works

The Open Library has proved a fantastic reading resource during these strange times.

Here are the plant pots students made today. They’ve planted: sunflower, broccoli, lettuce and cauliflower seeds.

Today our students made paper origami cranes based on the story of Sadako.

Further to my recent letter regarding the wider opening of Sirius Academy West to pupils in Year 10 from 1 June 2020.

Congratulations and thank you to all those students that submitted entries for last week's Pledge Challenge. We've had nearly a combined 400 entries from students and staff for the first four competitions!

Congratulations and thank you to all those students that submitted entries for last week's Pledge Challenge.

Congratulations and thank you to all those students that continued to submit entries for our Weekly Pledge Challenge.

Congratulations and thank you to all those students that submitted entries for our first weekly Pledge Challenge.

With increased time at home it provides an amazing opportunity to complete some of the Personal Pledges that we've set students this year.

On Monday 23 March 2020 the school will be closed to all pupils with the exception of those whose parents have contacted us that are eligible to continue to send their children in to be cared for by our staff.

I would like to provide reassurance that we are taking all precautionary measures in safeguarding pupils at Sirius Academy West to avoid possible infection of the Covid-19 virus.

We have taken the decision to cancel Thursday evenings event. Further information will follow regarding support for students decisions.

We apologise for any inconvenience that postponing the Year 8 parent/carer evening may cause.

Thank you to those staff that have already shown an interest in our Personal Development Pathway, launched the Pledges with their students and provided them with the opportunity to start completing their Pledge Passports.

This past Tuesday we had a fantastic visit from award winning author Andy Mulligan. He began the morning with an inspiring talk, captivating students with fascinating stories and offering great insight into the life of a published author.

A selected group of Year 8 students have started The Prince's Trust Mosaic Mentoring Programme in the academy today.

Previous Yorkshire Science & Technology Challenge Day winners, Amelia Ehlert and Jake Wallace, travelled to Sheffield on Wednesday 8th January 2020 to represent the region in the North and North East STEM Challenge Final at University of Sheffield.

In November, in association with Viking FM and Hull City Council, we provided all students with the opportunity to be rewarded for their attendance. All students that were able to attend every day in calendar month had the chance to win a variety of amazing prizes.

Yesterday, for the first time we entered a team of cadets into the Cadet Skill at Arms Meeting (a target shooting competition) held at Strensall ranges near York, where teams from across the county represent the Combined Cadet Force and their school.

Eight students from the academy represented us this week at the Hull Young People's Parliament at the Guildhall in Hull.

For many pupils in Year 6 the journey to Sirius Academy West has already started...

On Wednesday 16th October our new Year 7 cohort took part in the nation's biggest CPR training event - Restart a Heart Day.

In association with Viking FM and Hull City Council, Sirius Academy West are providing students with the opportunity to be rewarded for their attendance in November.

Yesterday students from the Academy visited Bishop Burton College to take part in this year's Foundation Live Fair.

Two cadets from Sirius West CCF are currently attending the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate representing the Reserve Forces and Cadet Association.

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

The third week of our Early Starters programme provided some amazing opportunities for the students within their lessons.

This week the academy has hosted the two of five events in June and July for Year 5 pupils in our local Primary Schools.

Congratulations to our new Early Starters on completing their first day at Sirius Academy West today!

Students were invited to be actors just for the night as part of the Hull University Climate Change Dinner.

Congratulations to our World Book Day winners! In March the academy hosted an event to celebrate World Book Day and provided pupils in our local Primary Schools with the chance to create their own short story.

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.