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Day 161/190 - Well done to our Year 8 students who attended the second part of the Holocaust 'We are' project at Newcastle Civic Centre today.

They represented themselves and the Academy brilliantly and shared their project with the teams from across the city. 💜⬇️💜

How about a free summer school with transport included in partnership with Altitude Foundation and Durham University?

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Please see below from the Children's Commissioner for Schools

Good afternoon,

I hope you all had a restful half-term break.

As Children’s Commissioner, I’m writing to ask for your support in helping children at your school or college take part in my national survey, The Big Future.

Your students can take part here: http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/thebigfuture

As schools and colleges return for the final weeks of the academic year, this is a valuable opportunity for children and young people to reflect on their experiences, share what matters most to them, and tell us about their hopes and ambitions for the future in their own words.

I would be hugely grateful if you could share the survey directly with pupils through your school or college email systems, as well as with parents and carers across your wider school community. Direct student participation is essential to ensuring that young people’s voices are heard and represented.

To encourage engagement, I am inviting schools and colleges to identify student champions who can help promote the survey among their peers. Student champions who generate particularly high levels of participation will receive a formal thank you from my office, recognising their contribution to amplifying young people’s voices. This is also an excellent example of leadership and participation that students may wish to reference in future personal statements, CVs and applications.

I want to hear from children and young people aged 0–18 from every background, in every part of the country. The survey asks about the things they enjoy, the challenges they face, the changes they would like to see in their communities, and what they believe a good childhood should look like today.

Participation in The Big Future also provides schools with an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to civic engagement. The findings will help inform national conversations and decision-making about children’s lives and futures at the highest levels.

Schools and colleges with the highest response levels will receive formal recognition and will be invited to attend my final Festival of Childhood, celebrating the voices and contributions of children and young people from across England.

To support you, I have created a pack of resources, including an introductory video, lesson materials and FAQs, all available on my website.

I will publish the findings next year, and they will help shape the conversations and decisions being made about children’s lives and futures for years to come.

As ever, thank you so much for your support.

Dame Rachel de Souza

Children’s Commissioner for England

The Big Future survey - have your say! Please take a few minutes to take our survey.

A reminder of all your GCSE Revision Links in one place 💜⬇️💜

Revision Links Walbottle Website Online Tools - https://wba.northerneducationtrust.org/ SPARX Maths - Online Here - Use your Walbottle Computer Login; Google single sign-on (SSO) Seneca Science /English - Online Here - Use your Walbottle Computer Login: Google single sign-on (SSO) NET English Podcasts - Yo...

We re looking forward to seeing students again tomorrow. We are open as usual on the gate from 8:20 as exams continue.

Please remember bags, need to know books and your normal school uniform.

Finally, remember if you are in all week you can also win big on Friday.

See you bright and early. 💜⬇️💜

Congratulations to our Full House Friday Winners for this week 💜⬇️💜

This is Tommy In Year 7 presenting Mr Potts with his 22nd place prize in FPL this season.

Okay, actually Tommy won by miles and received his season prize this week. Well done Tommy 💜⬇️💜