Please ensure you are contacting the Academy via email or text message to alert The Attendance Team if your child is going to be late or will not be attending the Academy that day. Also, please ensure you are advising the attendance team of any appointments your child may have so we can ensure students are in reception at the correct time, ready to be collected. Contact details are listed below:
Text - 07860054458
Email and attached medical evidence where possible - attendance@stroodacademy.org
Phone/ voicemail - 01634 716621
A reminder of uniform expectations shared with all students.
A reminder of Student Code of Conduct.
A reminder for Year 8 parents that we have HPV vaccinations on Monday 22nd January and Tuesday 23rd January. If you have not already given permission for your child to be administered this vaccination, please do so by midnight on Friday. Many thanks.
E-Sports After School Club
We are excited to announce the launch of our e-sports Club after school. E-sports provides an opportunity for teamwork, strategy, and critical thinking while having fun in a digital environment. Please read the letter attached here for further information. We look forward to seeing many students there.
Continuing this module with our safeguarding information on Radicalisation, this week's focus is on how children can become radicalised online.
As always the Strood Academy Safeguarding team are here to help. Please get in touch with us by using the below contact details:
Designated Safeguard Lead = Ms Lindsay
Deputy Safeguard Lead = Ms Barlow
College Safeguarding Officers and Contacts:
Victory = Mrs Hurley-Sherwood victory@stroodacademy.org
Hercules = Mrs Brice hercules@stroodacademy.org
Trafalgar = Mrs Phillips trafalgar@stroodacademy.org
Please note, Strood Academy has a Safeguarding email which is operating both during and outside of school hours- safeguarding@stroodacademy.org. Please reach out to us if there is anything we can do to support.
“Everything is important - success is in the detail”
Applications to Strood Academy Sixth Form can be submitted via the link - https://strood.applicaa.com/1. Login details have been shared with students and can be obtained from form tutors.
Please review the schedule here for interventions available for Year 11s in Module 3. All intervention sessions will take place from 3:20pm to 4:20pm. Attendance this term so far has been fantastic and we look forward to this continuing towards the end of this term.
With less than 75 school days until the Year 11s start their GCSE exams, a number of different strategies have been implemented to increase engagement and motivation, and support excellent outcomes for all. These are listed below. Please see the letter shared for more details on these.
IB Challenge Card - ‘Perfect week’
Excellence in Lesson Cards
Period 1 and 5 intervention
PE Intervention
Year 11 Morning Line up
Hot Chocolate Fridays
We thank you in advance for your support in encouraging your children to make the most of these strategies.
Attached is the KS5 dress code for your information, as well as Expectations which have been shared with year 12 and 13 students
Early Finish Fridays: any 6th form students who achieve 100% attendance for the week have the opportunity of leaving during lunchtimes on Friday. Ms Stubbs will be liaising with eligible students. Please refer to the letter shared this week for further information on this.