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Thanks to Aircare in Corby & Our Student Librarians

They are here!!! We are always so excited in the library when we get a delivery of new books! But this time we are even more excited than usual, as these are the books that were bought with the money raised by the Library Ambassadors using their great team work skills to organise a Tuck Shop and also our very generous donation from Aircare in Corby.

Many of the titles are to complete a series & some are replacements for lost or damaged books. Also we managed to purchase a couple of complete series to encourage some of our more reluctant readers to try something new. There are already students eagerly waiting for the books to be ready for issuing.

The books will be ready to be issued after the half-term holiday.

Library 23.05.22

Junior Maths Challenge

Rushden Academy had the opportunity to participate in the UK wide Junior Maths Challenge and twenty eight of the brightest mathematicians in years 7 and 8 took part.

Joshua T and Aiden W in year 7 both achieved the top Gold Award and have qualified for the Junior Kangaroo Challenge.

Silver awards went to William B, Logan E and Bhumika S.

Bronze award winners were Kieran A, Harry B, Bailey B, Caitlin D, Theo G, Tia L, Daisy E, Harry S, Ella H, Harry L, Ben R and Ethan S.

We would like to thank and congratulate all of those who took park and wish Aiden and Joshua the best of luck in the next round!

Mrs A Gurnham
Maths Department

The Paper Birds

Thursday saw our Year 10, 12 and 13 students have the opportunity to work with 'The Paper Birds'.

The Paper Birds is a devising theatre company, with a social and political agenda. They are recognised as UK leaders in verbatim theatre. They're artists, investigators, entrepreneurs, educators. They pride ourselves on taking complex, multi-faceted subjects and making them accessible. They have an artistic programme and a creative learning programme and nurture both equally.

Students had a fantastic time creating material for devised pieces, they were able to try out the methods and work collaboratively.

Well Done Year 10, 12 & 13!