Shire Oak Academy

A message from Mr Martin: As part of Shire Oak Academy's support for the Unicef UK Clean Air campaign, their campaign team have sent a card to students thanking them for all of their hard work in writing postcards to Michael Gove and engaging our local MP, Wendy Morton. They deserve a lot of credit for their hard work. Well done! #TurningPotentialintoExcellence #ASPIRE #UNICEF #cleanaircampaign

A message from Mrs Critchley: Shire Oak hosted the Walsall Schools Year 8 Rounders Tournament 2019 after school yesterday. Year 8 played brilliantly and won all 5 games to win the tournament - a great birthday present for Miss Cresswell! Zakona Red Hinks, Zoe Tolley and Trinity Barnes also played but are unfortunately not in the photo. A huge well done to the team! #TurningPotentialintoExcellence #ASPIRE #rounderstournament2019

The last A Level exam has finished and we wanted to say a huge congratulations and good luck to our Year 11 and Year 13 students! We are so proud of you all! Enjoy your summer and good luck in your new ventures and we shall see you on results day! #TurningPotentialintoExcellence #ASPIRE #summer #yourwatchhasended

Yesterday, 30 students from Shire Oak attended Go Ape in Coombe Abbey. These students, chosen by the 3 house leaders, were rewarded for their commitment to the house system this year. Some students managed to attend over 10 events over the course of the year, ranging from sports such as; dodgeball, football, climbing and badminton to academic events such as geography, literacy, I.T and history.
The day was full of fun activities where students (and staff!!!) were able to trav...erse across obstacles on the tree top high ropes, whizz down 250ft zip lines and overcome their fear of heights (well done Mr Degg) with a jump off a 40ft leap of faith!
All students loved the experience and were extremely keen to plan for next year's house activities so they could repeat their visit. #TurningPotentialintoExcellence #ASPIRE #houseleaders
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The pastoral newsletter is out... #TurningPotentialintoExcellence #ASPIRE

A message from Miss Cresswell; Our girls played in and won the Walsall FC football tournament yesterday. They won all 4 games, scoring 19 and only conceding 3. As always they were a credit to the school.
Team... Madison Birch Brooke Simmons Leena Mohammed Brihanna Clarke Mia Benton Millie Hackett Grace Rogers Lucy Heeley
Top scorer - Leena Mohammed
2018/2019 Honours Walsall FC EFL Cup winners U13s 3rd place in the regional EFL cup U13s Walsall Schools Futsal winners U14s Black Country Games Futsal 2nd place (on penalties) U14s Walsall Schools 5 aside Winners, Year 8 Walsall Schools 5 aside Runners Up, Year 7 Black Country U14s girls finalists, 4th place
Flag bearers for Walsall vs FC Wimbledon Flag bearers and ball girls for England Ladies vs Denmark
Its been a pleasure to provide the girls with these opportunities and I’m sure they would each say how much they have enjoyed each experience.
Well done all involved! #TurningPotentialintoExcellence #ASPIRE
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Some useful information regarding the SIMS parent app

We had our leavers assembly today. Best of luck to all of Year 11 with your last few exams and your future success! If you were in the assembly you will get the picture... look out for the leavers video soon and hopefully the staff video too 😱 #turningpotentialintoexcellence #SOALeavers2019 #ASPIRE

The Pastoral Newsletter is out... #TurningPotentialintoExcellence #ASPIRE

A big well done to all of our staff and students who took part in the Aldridge 5k and 10k! It was a fantastic day hosted by Aldridge Running Club 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃‍♂️a big thank you to all who volunteered and to those who attended to cheer on the runners #TurningPotentialintoExcellence #ASPIRE #aldridgerunningclub

Before half term, as part of the UNICEF campaign, we had Wendy Morton MP come in to chat to some of our Y8 and Y9 students about their concerns over the environment. A huge thank you to Wendy for listening to their concerns, and for taking them forward to the environment secretary Mr Gove. Mr Martin has had this response back. Well done to our students for their work! #TurningPotentialintoExcellence #ASPIRE

As we head into the final full week of the GCSE examinations here is next weeks before and after school revision programme for Year 11 #turningpotentialintoexcellence #soarevise #ASPIRE

The Pastoral Newsletter is out... #TurningPotentialintoExcellence #ASPIRE

Thank you to Wendy Morton MP for listening to our students’ concerns about the environment #TurningPotentialintoExcellence

Week 2 of the GCSEs is nearly over. Have a great half term - but don’t forget to revise hard! Here is the revision programme for Week 3. #turningpotentialintoexcellence #soarevise #ASPIRE

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Fantastic news about GCSEPod use so far this year. The exams aren’t over yet and remember it is useful for all years not just Year 11. #turningpotentialintoexcellence #soarevise #gcsepod

On Wednesday, the 2nd official house cross country and 3rd fun run took place. It was great to see so many runners! In total 71 students attended the event well supported by staff runners (Mr Stone and Miss Chambers) and course volunteers.
All runners ran extremely well and should be commended for their efforts. Special mentions to Sam Hull in Year 10, who has successfully won the job as course hare for next year, winning the 2.6km race in sub 10 minutes and Lucy Dawson for... sacrificing her own position to help run with an injured student at the back of the race.
HOUSE TOTAL RESULTS
Top 5 runners for each house counted - Lowest score wins!!!
Year 7 total 1st Faraday 28 2nd Darwin 30 3rd Newton 80
Year 8 total 1st Faraday 27 2nd Darwin 45 3rd Newton 65
Year 9 total 1st Darwin 9 2nd Faraday 12 3rd Newton 28
Overall 1st Faraday 67 2nd Darwin 84 3rd Newton 173
Well done to all runners!
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