"Duke of Edinburgh is recognised across the country, it's an award that will give you more to offer to future education and jobs. "You need to be determined, dedicated and passionate, and in turn you will get so much more out from the Award."
Mr Gemmell Duke of Edinburgh's Award Coordinator Manchester Academy
The Duke of Edinburgh Award, 2014
On Wednesday, 1st February, 20 students from 8U visited The University of Manchester along with students from William Hulme's Grammar School and The Manchester Grammar School.
The National Literacy Trust has launched the Reading Miles Global Challenge, a new competition for all UK schools that will run from 9th January to 16th March 2012 and we’re taking part!
On the last day of the autumn term, Friday, 16th December, Manchester Academy welcomed back Father Christmas on his brief stopover before he visited the local hospitals.
On Thursday, 15th December, the 7L class held a Pea Fayre where their parents and guardians were also invited to attend.
A group of 13 students have successfully applied to take part in a brand new project with the Whitworth Art Gallery this year. The Gallery challenged our students to work in partnership with them to create some products to sell in their shops.
Manchester Academy is proud to be a Mosaic school. In partnership with Mosaic, we ran a mentoring programme and an enterprise challenge.
Our students and staff were involved in various activities throughout the week beginning Monday, 14th November until Friday, 18th November to help raise as much money as possible for this year’s Children in Need.
On Sunday 13th November, six Manchester Academy pupils visited London to perform at the prestigious Westminster Abbey alongside students from our fellow ULT academies and UCST schools from across the UK.
On Tuesday 1st November, we celebrated National Family Literacy Day at Manchester Academy. Parents and carers of year 7 and 8 students were invited to join their children and participate in a range of literacy activities.
Manchester Academy has its own Army Cadet Force Detachment. The Academy Detachment is a closed detachment (only members of the school are allowed to attend).
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