'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.

• Open Evening Year 7 - 2025

  Thu 26 Sep 2024

  The Headteachers of the Rugby area secondary schools
  warmly invite all current Year 5 pupils and their parents/carers to attend our open events, in preparation for transfer
  to secondary school in September 2025.

  

• Upcoming Key Dates

  Mon 22 Jul 2024

  • Exam Results Day – 22nd August, 9:00am to 10:00am.

  • Year 7 return to school on Wednesday, 4th September 2024.

  • All other Year Groups return to school on Thursday, 5th September 2024.

  • School Photos will be taken on Thursday, 5 September 2024 – Please send students in full uniform.

• Igniting a passion for STEM at Harris Big Bang 2024

  Wed 10 Jul 2024

  The Big Bang @ Harris Church of England Academy was held on the 5 July 2024. Visitors included local primary school pupils, as well as our own students – almost 1000 young people visited the show.

   

  The event included a wide range of exciting activities, workshops and shows all showcasing the wide and diverse world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths). Young people visited an onsite planetarium, took part in JLR Powertrain, science and Fuze Coding workshops, had an animal encounter with Zoolab, visited the exhibition hall and watched an Atomic Science show. Students and staff enjoyed sitting on the Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE ridden by Daniel Craig in the Bond film, Time to Die. They could scan their own wrists to find their growth plates, use VR headsets, hold dry ice and so much more.

   

  We were proud to work with a number of companies to deliver the event and make it even bigger than last year: 

   Cummins, Atomic Science, Immersive Experiences, Aston Martin, JLR, Triumph, Rolls Royce, Medical Mavericks, University of Hertfordshire (Radiography), De Montford University, LISI Aerospace, Mantech Geometrics, Willmott Dixon, Horiba Mira, Amazon, Winvic, the High Temperature Research Centre, Fuze coding and ZooLab. 

   

  We look forward to Big Bang 2025 and would like to make the event even bigger.

   

  Roberta Harrison, Headteacher at Harris C of E Academy said “The annual Big Bang Fair at Harris is a highlight of our Academy calendar. Students of all ages were actively engaged and we were delighted to welcome pupils from local primary schools to Harris.  At Harris we are committed to ensuring that our students can make informed future decisions and events like these help to link their curriculum learning with future careers and pathways. Thank you to all companies and ambassadors who helped to make this event a huge success.”

   

  

• Employability skills developed at workshop

  Thu 04 Jul 2024

  An excellent workshop from The Talent Foundry and Logicor yesterday for some of our Year 10s.
  
  The workshop was designed to raise students’ aspirations and inspire career insights within the logistics sector. Students worked in teams to design a warehouse site, taking account of location, budget, sustainability and marketing, working towards a final presentation. The students learned about a new industry and developed transferable skills.

  

• Minecraft RAF STEM Days

  Mon 01 Jul 2024

   

  Last week Skewb Climate in partnership with the RAF Youth STEM team delivered Minecraft RAF STEM activities for Year 8 students.
  
  Students took on the role of an RAF disaster relief team member tasked with providing aid to an area devastated by an earthquake. Working as a team, students used and refined their STEM skills to complete various tasks including building a bridge, completing reconnaissance and providing sustainable power sources.

  

• Jaguar Racing Visits Harris

  Fri 14 Jun 2024

  We were excited to welcome the team from TCS Jaguar Racing to talk to our Year 9 students today. They heard about the roles within the team and at JLR, found out about different routes into the industry and also had the chance to look at the Formula E car.
  
  This was part of our ongoing Schools Partnership with JLR.

  

• Students are inspired by Paralympian Anna Turney

  Mon 10 Jun 2024

  Last week Year 8 students had an inspirational talk from Anna Turney, a British alpine skier who has competed at two Winter Paralympic Games.
  
  Thank you to Anna and Speakers for Schools for this amazing opportunity for our students.

  

• Year 7 Career Detectives

  Thu 09 May 2024

  Y7 enjoyed being Career Detectives on Wednesday 8 May. They asked our visitors questions and tried to guess the job.
  
  This helped them learn about future pathways, challenged stereotypes and developed transferrable skills.

   

  Thank you to all our visitors who participated and helped to this event to have such as positive impact on our students.

  

• Exploring pathways with Capital One

  Wed 01 May 2024

  Capital One have delivered their pathways programme to Year 7 students this week. This gave them an insight into their company and introduced key employability skills.
  
  Students created a positivity wall to demonstrate the skill of positivity and took part in a problem solving task called Darius' Pet. They also developed the skill of aiming high by envisaging their dream job.

  

• Your Future Roadshow

  Thu 18 Apr 2024

  Year 8 students joined the Your Future Roadshow hosted live by Think Higher.
  
  This aimed to inform young people about future pathways from an early stage, helping with future decisions including GCSE choices.

   

  Students were also asked to sketch their dream job.