After the success of our first West Norfolk’s Got Talent competition last year, we decided to give pupils at our schools another chance to show off their performing skills, and once again the number and quality of entries was beyond anything we could have imagined.
This year’s BBC Springwatch programme will be closely watched by pupils at three of our schools that have close ties with the venue being used by Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and crew.
Year 7 science students at Marshland High, part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust, can teach every one of us a lesson about the power of trying your luck and being hopeful, after they wrote to legendary natural history Sir David Attenborough with a query about their studies – and received a handwritten reply.
There was a purple haze at Snettisham Primary School, part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust, when pupils dressed to support two charities which use the colour in their logos.
Pupils at Gaywood Primary, part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust, had the chance to quiz a top author when he made a special visit after reading a Tweet about books.
Pupils at West Lynn and Clenchwarton primary schools, both part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust, enjoyed a ‘mathstastic’ series of activities as part of the NSPCC’s Number Day.
Our Trust's executive head teacher Andy Johnson says he hopes to see an active end to the current academic year and a return to normality in the autumn term as the school system readjusts to life after lockdown.
Students at Springwood High School - part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust - have been encouraged to aim high by a visit from the Royal Air Force schools programme.
Students at Smithdon High School - part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust - have been encouraged to look at the world around them with more focus than usual in the name of a school photography competition.
A dose of sibling rivalry has come in handy for a student at Springwood - part of the West Norfolk Academy Trust - after spurring him on to success in a photography competition.
As pupils continue to adjust to something like normal education after lockdown, our school halls will soon be alive with the sound of music as students who have kept up their instrumental learning remotely get the chance to show the progress they have made over the past few months.
Springwood - which is part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust - has relaunched its masterclass programme to help potential students get a taste of A Level tuition at the school's Sixth Form.
