I must start my blog this week by commending our KS4 students who have amazed me this week as they started their MOCK exams amidst this global pandemic and lockdown. The commitment they have shown to their learning and exams has been exemplary! We have had students on...

Welcome to the first blog of 2021 and what a week it has been. I always take great pleasure in welcoming all students and staff back to Hollinwood Academy after any holiday. Unfortunately, I have not been able to do this. We have certainly faced some challenges this...

WOW! What an amazing and fun filled week to finish the first term off with. I am not going to lie, I will be glad to see the end of 2020!! What a year we have all had. I would like to start my blog this week by sharing with you the students who received a Head...

This week there has been a real sense of ‘community spirit’ in and around school from our new sensory garden, Mahdlo Christmas family boxes, art, book and Tesco donations. Over the past two weeks, Mrs Woodhead and Miss Simms have started to develop our new sensory...

The corridors have been unusually quiet this week especially at Primary but the students and staff have been getting into the full swing of Christmas. We have decorated trees, mischievous elves, Santa Claus and singing students and staff. This is just what the...

It was lovely to welcome the whole school back on Monday after two secondary bubbles had finished their self-isolation periods. The secondary corridor was certainly quieter over the past few weeks. However, as we welcomed the secondary corridor back we had to close...

What a week! We have supported the national annual anti-bullying week. As with everything being very different at the moment we took our campaign online and students and staff haven’t disappointed. When these photos from our primary team dropped in my inbox I couldn’t...

I am so pleased to announce that last Thursday 5th November at 2.26pm Miss McMurray and her partner Dan, who also works for the MAT, welcomed the safe arrival of their daughter Lottie Elizabeth, 7lb 11oz. She is absolutely beautiful and we can’t wait to meet her. They...

It was wonderful to welcome the whole school back after the half term holidays, especially those students and staff who were self-isolating just before the half term too. I am sure parents that drop their children off at school have noticed the new road markings...

Well that was a half term like no other!! I think this has been the toughest half term of my teaching career but seeing the students so settled, happy and working hard after six months off makes it all worthwhile. At the end of every half term I like to hand deliver...

What a week!!! I think this week has proven the most challenging since returning in September as we have received positive cases within our school community, including two transport buses affected. My priority, along with Government's, is safely keeping Hollinwood...

What a week! Let’s see what some of our students have been learning about starting with Mrs Woodhead’s class… I am absolutely delighted with how well the children have settled back into school. They are all really pleased to be back and are loving our topic this half...