November saw, what we hope to be an annual trip to experience a musical.  This year the student council selected Hairspray and so the seniors in the academy ventured to Hull New Theatre to experience the west end production.  For many it was a new experience and they learnt that musicals were mainly delivered through song unlike the stage productions they have seen before.

The most important part of the day was travelling to and from Hull.  In order make sure our learners are ready for the next stage in their lives we took them on the Fastcab 350 which has built on the work we have done on public transport over the past few weeks.  The journey wasn't easy as the bus filled up and the return journey was delayed.  All skills needed for later life.

Halloween is normally about scaring ghosts and ghouls but Coritani do things differently.  After a morning of learning, we gave the learners the opportunity to carve pumpkins so they could decorate their homes in the evening to welcome visitors.

Some learners decided they could be creative with a sharpy but others went for the traditional method with scoop and cutter.  They were excellent at sharing, respectful with each other, so each class was buzzing with activity.  All the learners left with a pumpkin to place in the window or on the door step.

This term we were joined by Sam's Safari to take a walk on the wild side with a selection of animals. Our learners silently stroked a slimy giant snail, chatted with a chinchilla and stroked a slithering snake. Our safari guide took us on an adventure through the food chain, flew us around the world to visit the native environment of each of the animals and even showed us the hunting technique of the bearded dragon up close. Our learners thoroughly enjoyed this experience, it was wild.

Recently in KS2 Maths we have been learning about statistics. We have looked at how to count and collect data and different ways in which we record this - including tally charts, bar charts and pictograms! From our data, we then ask and answer lots of different questions. 

Learners were able to select an area of research they were interested in, ask their questions to other learners and staff around school and use differing techniques to record their data. 

Furthermore, we used our statistics knowledge to investigate the different types of chocolates inside a box of chocolates and compare the amounts of each type!

We have seen another year of musical excellence at Coritani Academy, Maz from Noise Academy has worked with most of our learners on level 1 to 3 of DJing skills and lately with our more advanced learners on music production and composition.  Learners of all key stages show great enjoyment but learn much of the technical vocabulary of the music curriculum.  We will have our grand finale in July when learners will provide a live soundtrack for our it’s a knockout challenge.

If you wish to hear the work of our learners please use this link: https://soundcloud.com/noiseacademyuk/sets/coritani-academy-23-24

This term in juniors for Science we have been learning about Earth and Space. Learners first started with discovering our solar system and the different planets, learning new exciting facts such as Neptune rains diamonds! We then moved on to the phases of the moon. We often notice our moon looks different in the sky, but why? Once learners had the knowledge of each phase of the moon they were given oreos to present those phases in a fun and engaging way.