Alderwasley Hall School and Sixth Form

Join us for our Annual AHS Summer Festival!☀️🌈

📅 New Date: Saturday 18th July
⏰ Time: 10:30am – 2:30pm

Come and enjoy great activities, tasty food, and a fantastic atmosphere 🤩

Bring your friends and family along — everyone is welcome! 💛

🐶 Dog lovers: Your furry friends are welcome too from 12pm onwards!

We can’t wait to see you there! 🎈

We'd love to meet you at this year's Autism & ADHD Show, the national event for autism and ADHD, formerly known as The Autism Show.

Our team of teachers, therapists and care experts will be available to chat on stand C8 throughout the 2 days.

The School Assessment Team will also be delivering a presentation in The Hub: Theatre 2. "What makes life worth living? Improving wellbeing and outcomes for young people".

https://autismadhdshow.co.uk/birmingham/?

As part of careers week, Glen Jones from Radio Derby gave a talk to our KS4 students.

Glen spoke about his careers throughout radio which spans over 20 years and how he uses his neurodiversity to his advantage and how it allows him to think differently.

Glen told students about the times he has had to conquer his fears to cover a news story; the many ways of getting into the media industry and the types of jobs available behind the scenes in media.🎧🎙️🎶

Students recently enjoyed World Book Day, including book swaps, bake sales and a variety of workshops. An excellent day was had!

The students had a guided tour of the campus, which included the Student’s Union, Library, Sports Hall, Science Labs, Greenhouse and the Marine Unit. Alongside the tour, the students were taught how to research, reference their work, plus, how to avoid plagiarism and the correct use of AI. This was a great link to our Project Qualification course, which the students are currently completing.

The day ended with a very positive discussion about how we can support AHS students make the best transition into University study. 🎓

As part of Careers week, last week our Year 10 students visited Gulliver’s Kingdom to learn about the different kind of jobs available at our local theme park.🎢🎡

We were very delighted and privileged to receive six guitars as part of a donation from local musician and collector Nigel Harris. Our students were very excited to receive the guitars and enjoyed playing them after their arrival! 🎸🎶

A huge thank you to Nigel and Dan, our drum teacher at Alderwasley Hall, who put Nigel in touch with the school.

📚 Holocaust Education Talk at Our Upper Site

Last week, we were honoured to welcome Hilary Hodsman from the Holocaust Educational Trust to our Upper site. Hilary is the daughter of Holocaust survivor Henry Wuga MBE, and she shared his memories and experiences with our students.

This talk tied in with our collective thought on Holocaust Memorial Day, supporting key curriculum themes of respect, identity, equality, and challenging discrimination.

The session enabled students to deepen their understanding of historical events and encouraged them to reflect on the importance of creating a safe, inclusive, and compassionate school community today.

We are grateful to Hilary for delivering such a meaningful and impactful session.