Arena Academy

A fantastic showcase of creativity and talent. Our Year 10 students delivered an outstanding performance, bringing energy, passion and imagination to the stage. Well done to everyone involved.

Congratulations to our Year 9 Brilliant Club graduates🎓CORE Education Trust

Our Year 10 Performing Arts students had an exciting opportunity to watch Mamma Mia at the Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre. The show was filled with lots of energy, laughter and sing a long. Students also gained an exclusive behind the scenes post-show talk.

As we come to the end of another successful half term, we would like to say a huge thank you to our students, parents, carers and teachers for your continued hard work and support. It has been wonderful to see many achievements and successes.

We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday 1st June for another exciting half term. Have a well deserved break.

This week in languages club, students tried out French cursive handwriting. C’est joli!

🎭 CORE Students Meet The King and Sir Idris Elba in London 👑✨

Students from City Academy, Arena Academy, Rockwood Academy and Jewellery Quarter Academy have taken part in a theatre workshop with the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) in London this week where they also met with King Charles III and actor Sir Idris Elba. 👑🎬

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the NYMT, the King met with students taking part in the workshop, which was designed to give young people opportunities and experiences in musical theatre. 🎭 The King was joined by Sir Idris Elba who used a grant from The Prince’s Trust (now The King’s Trust) to attend NYMT aged 18. 🌟

The workshop this week was the final of four access workshops for the CORE students. The sessions have been led by NYMT creative practitioners and funded by the Garek Trust. This generous financial support has supported NYMT’s aspiration to make inclusion and access the focal point of its 50th year celebrations. ✨ NYMT designed the workshops to develop the confidence, communication and performing skills of young people, including in improvisation. 🎤🎬

CORE Education Trust places equity, inclusion and social justice at the centre of its mission, with its schools relentlessly focused on the removal of barriers to learning, not only to raise educational outcomes, but to disrupt cycles of disadvantage and ensure that every child, regardless of background, has access to opportunity and the chance to succeed. 💙📚

National Youth Music Theatre Idris Elba The King's Trust The Royal Family

Year 9 students have had an exciting day performing in the Birmingham School's Athletic Competition. Students showed great determination and team work throughout the competition in events such as javelin, shotput and relay races.

Our recent Year 9 trip to Paris has been featured in an article published by the Express & Star! https://www.expressandstar.com/your-world/students-enjoy-new-experiences-on-paris-trip-8155100

Students enjoy new experiences on Paris trip Students enjoy ‘unforgettable’ trip.

In Languages Club this week, students had fun saying French, Spanish and German tongue twisters and enjoyed pizza.

Year 10 students visited Birmingham City University to get a taste of university life. Students had the opportunity to work in the university's laboratories to investigate antibiotic resistance using bacterial samples.