This half team, we have had a day of learning from the “Explorer Dome”. The day focused on Earth and Space, teaching all our key stages. The Dome was an exciting experience that all the learners enjoyed and left the experience with a positive and inspiring mindset. The Dome taught the learners about the creation of our solar system, each planet in our solar system, and the formation of stars.

Coritani learners started the year with a snap crackle and pop as they built fires and enjoyed team building activities at Primrose Hill.  Throughout the day, they worked together respectfully and cook some simple food and prepared hot drinks. They also used the fire to make s’mores at the end of the day.

During the day they were also tasked with putting up hammocks and tents, so they are ready if they need to spend some time outdoors.

A busy week where learners and staff built relationships with each other and enjoyed nature.

In September, Key Stage 2 went on a careers trip to Pizza Express in Doncaster and here, we were turned into chefs. We were coached in the methods of rolling out a perfectly shaped pizza base, spreading the tomato sauce to the exact amount needed for our base size and covering with our topping for full tastiness. Our pizzas were cooked to perfection within minutes and we were impressed at how amazing they tasted. This trip has inspired some of us to think about a career in cooking.

Coritani Academy are proud to announce that we have achieved the gold standard of the Caring2Learn award.  We are only the second school in North Lincolnshire to achieve this status and it truly reflects the success of the relationship-based education that we deliver.

The Caring2Learn Award identifies excellent practice in education for the most vulnerable students. The programme assesses evidence of schools ethos and leadership, child centred approaches, work with parents / carers and partnerships with other professionals to support young people.

Achieving the highest standard shows our commitment to caring school principles, which ultimately puts children at the heart of everything we do.  One of our students was invited to present the award at the recent conference (see picture below)

Thrive is part of our daily practice here at Coritani and as well as all staff using emotion coaching techniques, the students have 1:1 interventions to develop their social and emotional skills and support positive mental health.

We have been working on enabling young people to understand their emotions and helping them to develop the relevant skills required to manage these. Here we are using sand to explore feelings, actions and consequences through therapeutic stories.

Luke is showing great imagination and recognised some similarities between himself and the characters demonstrating emotional literacy skills.

The students look forward to and enjoy their sessions and we are seeing progress in terms of self-awareness through their individualised plans.

It is great to hear the students discussing and using some of the techniques they have learned around the academy. Supporting each other is a skill we hold dear within our mindset as we promote safe, ready, respectful and inspiring excellence.