'While we have time let us do good to all’. (Galatians 6:10)'

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Reading Recommendations

  Fri 27 Mar 2020
  

• University of Birmingham Popular Maths Lecture ONLINE

  Thu 26 Mar 2020

  Update: 

  Apologies that we could not deliver the lecture this evening as planned. Although we had trialled the software many times it seems as though there were too many people trying to join at once leading to too many technical issues so we had to stop.

   

  It was wonderful to see so many of you eager to hear Dr Sophie Carr’s lecture so we plan on recording it and I will send out a link for you to watch it. I am hopeful to do this by the end of the day on Friday so that you can watch it at your leisure on Friday night or over the weekend.

   

  Once again I apologise for the confusion, delivering lectures in this way is new to all of us so I’m sure you can appreciate we are still learning!

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  You already think like a great mathematician - now put that to really good use!

  Dr Sophie Carr

   

  Did you know you already think like a great mathematician?  You’ve got an innate ability to pull together different pieces of information and make a decision – you can even alter your opinion when more information becomes available.  Everyday life is full of examples of such cause and effect but when we get our information from sources such as the media, often we can only see the effect.  How then can you work out what caused the number you’re seeing and decide if it’s trustworthy? Come and join Sophie on a whistle stop tour of how Bayesian statistics has risen to be such an important part of everyday life and learn more about how you decided whether or not to trust the numbers you see.

   

  Date: Wednesday 25th March

  Time: Login from 6:45pm. Due to finish at approximately 8pm

  Link to login: join.me/923-694-002

   

  Instructions to log in

   

  Please make sure you use Chrome or Firefox as your browser and follow the URL link above. You will be asked to provide a name and how you would like to listen to the talk. Please click on the computer option. You do not need to register to Join.Me to watch the lecture.

  If you would like to watch the lecture on your mobile phone you can still click on the link but you will be directly to your app store to download the app. It’s free and requires NO REGISTRATION.

   

  I would recommend clicking the link now so that you are familiar with how the page will look. You won’t be able to access the meeting as it isn’t live but you will be able to add your name and have a small look around the page.

   

  At the start of the lecture I will talk through how to use the chat box and how we plan on delivering the content and taking questions. As I’m sure you can appreciate this is new to us all so please be considerate if everything does not run completely to plan, we will learn together!

  

• Useful links and resources for parents

  Thu 26 Mar 2020

  The Think Higher team at the University of Warwick and Coventry University have a new website.  In addition to information for those students participating in the ThinkHigher programme, there are useful links and resources for all parents and students.

   

  Visit the website www.thinkhigher.ac.uk

   

  Useful links and resources for parents, including advice on how to support your children through COVID-19 can be found here.

  

• Covid-19: Support and Advice for Families in Warwickshire

  Wed 25 Mar 2020

  To make sure that parents, carers, professionals and partners stay informed over the coming weeks, the Family Information Service newsletter will be issued on a regular basis to ensure that information and advice relating to Coronavirus (also known as Covid-19) is readily available and easy to access. 
  
  There will be lots of information over the coming weeks to support you and your family.
  
  In this edition of the Family Information Service Newsletter you will find more advice on Covid-19, how to spot fraudulent sellers, fire safety tips for the home, a child friendly explanation of Coronavirus, lots of activity suggestions for children and more.

   

  View the newsletter here.

  

• Book of the Week

  Mon 23 Mar 2020
  

• ThinkHigher "Create a Campaign" Discovery Day

  Fri 20 Mar 2020
  

• House Photography Competition

  Thu 12 Mar 2020
  

• Harris student awarded highly commended in Young Photographer Competition

  Wed 11 Mar 2020

  Rugby Rotary Young Photographer Competition 2019-2020.

   

  Congratulations to Faith Wright  in year 11.  Faith was one of several Harris CofE Academy entrants this year for the theme “Through my Eyes” and her exceptional photographs were awarded Highly Commended.  This year saw a record number of entries with over 300 entries from across Warwickshire.  Faith attended an award ceremony at Rugby Art Gallery in February to receive her certificate from Rugby Mayor Bill Lewis and view her work, displayed alongside other inspirational photographs, in the exhibition at the Floor One Gallery.

   

  Well Done !!

  Miss Lewis

  Head of Art

  

• 25 Harris Girls Involved in County Young Coach Academy

  Wed 11 Mar 2020

  25 girls from Harris Academy aged between 14 – 16 are involved in this year’s County Young Coach Academy.
   

  The County Young Coach Academy is part of a national programme delivered locally by Harris C of E Academy School Sports Partnership, aimed at developing young coaches from across the country.
   

  The academy aims to support and develop the Young Coaches in the transition from school based participation and coaching to a community environment. The pathway provided between developing young coaches in schools to a community setting will provide an opportunity for the Young Coaches to gain greater insight and experience into the requirements of being an ‘Outstanding’ Coach.
   

  We are delighted that 25 girls from across Key Stage 3 and 4 are involved in this programme and have started on their coaching journey. As part of the programme the girls will attend 4 workshops, deliver 10 hours of coaching within their own school to include supporting curriculum PE, extracurricular clubs, leadership within the school games or delivering their own competition or festival. We look forward to following them on their coaching journey.

  

• Harris Girls selected as ‘Football Activators

  Wed 11 Mar 2020

  We are delighted that 8 girls from Harris have been selected to become Football Activators as part of Harris Academy’s involvement in the Girls Football Partnership programme.
   

  The girls will be involved in the ‘Game of Our Own’ element of the wider project, linking with The Football Association.
   

  Game of Our Own is aimed at developing life skills and leadership through football. Through various training, resources and funding the programme seeks to:

   

  • Improve the PE experience for girls through teachers adopting a life skills approach to PE using football as the vehicle
  • Increase the number of girls participating and enjoying football related activities
  • Develop girls in leadership roles as Football Activators to create and deliver relevant and enjoyable opportunities for more girls in their school

  
  The girls have already attended national training and will now be delivering coaching in school and delivering a mini-festival, all aimed at increasing participation in girl’s football at Harris Academy. Great job girls, we are proud of your hard work.