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  • The Big Depot Climbing

    Published 20/05/26

    Up they go! 🧗

    This morning pupils from both our BD7 & BD3 sites visited Big Depot Leeds to give rock climbing a go!

    They showed incredible courage to try something new, climbing very high!

    The pupils who attended enjoy climbing, so heading to the climbing wall helped to develop this talent in a safe way! Pupils were harnessed in for safety, and some of our pupils who are wheelchair users used special slings!

    Our pupils all get different opportunities to try new things through our bespoke enrichment programme - The Delius Experience! ✨

    A huge thanks to all the staff at the Depot who supported this incredible opportunity!

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  • Dragons Den

    Published 20/05/26

    On Friday we hosted our annual Dragons Den! 🐲

    Classes within our Comets & Astronauts pathways competed to have their chosen as the winner. Each class worked as a team to design their own sensory box, and pitch to the Dragons!

    Our panel was made up of an external judge, Paul from N.I.C, and 2 pupils from Co-op Academy Southfield’s Academy council!

    Well done to green base who came out as the winners, but also to everyone for participating and developing their design & presenting skills!

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  • World of Work Week

    Published 20/05/26

    ⚠️ Pupils At Work ⚠️

    Workshops popped up all over school for World of Work Week last week!

    From police officers solving cases out and about, to Delius’ very own delivery service - We even had pupils issuing passports! ✈️

     

    The fire service visited teaching us how to stay safe and how they can help us! We even had a go at window cleaning with N.I.C, a skill we can use at home! 

    We looked after some poorly pets in our own vets, assessing and treating them, and then some of us even turned into doctors treating humans too! 🐈

    At BD7 we had pupils running the tuck shop, and a pop up salon at BD3 helped make sure everyone was looking their best!

    During World of Work Week pupils were transferring skills from the classroom into real life experiences, building confidence and communication along the way! Aspirations were raised with pupils learning about the opportunities out there!

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  • Meteors Interplay Theatre

    Published 19/05/26

    Last week some of our Upper Meteors classes visited Bradford Arts Centre to be immersed in a galactic performance!

    Interplay Theatre Company brought their sensory production of Out of Orbit, so our pupils could enjoy live theatre as part our ‘Delius Experience’ programme🪐🚀

    ‘The Delius Experience’ is our bespoke enrichment and experience programme designed to give pupils irresistible opportunities and to develop the whole child.

    The programme identifies key enrichment areas such as ‘experiencing live arts’ and ‘caring for others’. Each pupil has a Experience passport which builds over their time with us at Co-op Academy Delius!

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  • Southfield Transition

    Published 11/05/26

    This week our year 6 pupils who are moving to Co-op Academy Southfield in September had their first transition visit!

    Whilst pupils from Southfield were having a training day, staff used the opportunity for Delius pupils to visit the school whilst it was nice and quiet. We enjoyed meeting Southfield staff and starting to build strong relationships!

    We joined in with a fantastic scavenger hunt which sent us around Southfield, experiencing some of the fun places on offer!

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  • Parent Swim Club

    Published 11/05/26

     

    This term our Swim Afterschool Club is parent swim – where parents get the opportunity to come & swim with their child in our school pool! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

    Our parents have really enjoyed joining in with what their child does at school and seeing just how confident their children are in the water! 💦

    Sometimes swimming baths can be too busy and loud, and if we’re honest… cold. But our swimming pool is a calm and safe place our pupils are used to coming to, so sharing these experiences with their parents here helps make swimming just so much more fun! (Our pool is also lovely and warm!)

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  • Liquid Listening

    Published 11/05/26

    You might’ve seen some of the training we have been doing with Liquid Listening ! 💦

    We joined up with Co-op Academy Southfield to train in musical hydrotherapy! We now have 5 staff members trained to deliver these incredible sessions at BD3.

    We now have water speakers with sound vibrations, that play relaxing music. Staff then support children to float on the water's surface – feeling weightless and relaxed! 🎶

    These are paired with our sensory lighting in the pool, providing the perfect environment! 💡

    The pupils helped train our staff, practising with them! This was great as our staff could get hands on and confident in our own pool with our own pupils!

    The sessions are up and running at Co-op Academy Delius, and are LOVED by all!

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  • Summer Stunning Start

    Published 27/04/26

    ✨ Summer Stunning Start! ✨

    On Friday we had this terms Stunning Start! Our Stunning start kicks off our topics with a bang, and helps our teachers understand what we already know to plan for our next learning steps!

    Our topics this term are:
    🚜 EYFS - Farm - What can we find on the farm?
    🌿 Lower Primary - Jungle - Is it cold in the jungle?
    🏜️ Upper Primary - The African Plains - Does it rain on the African plain?

    A selection of irresistible activities and experiences were set up across our BD3 & BD7 sites to engage and challenge all!

    We all started the day with a whole school ‘wake up, shake up’, moving our bodies to keep healthy! This set our bodies up for an exciting day! 💪

    We took a quick trip to Africa in our courtyard, and printed huge African fabric in our BD7 hall 🇿🇦

    Our sensory rooms were turned into a deep Green jungle! Pupils had to spot jungle animals through the vines! 🐒 We also had a pop up farm in our Immersive suite, showing us the difference between jungles and farms!

    2 huge cooking challenges took place also with pupils going head to head to create the best recipe! We are learning about healthy eating this term during our PSED lessons! Will the red team or green team win?🧑‍🍳

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  • Galaxies at Forest School

    Published 27/04/26

    Our Galaxies Pathway has their turn at Forest School this half term! 🌳

    Our first session was a huge success. We were planting garlic to grow our own 🧄 We loved smelling the garlic first, before digging some soil, planting it, then watering it!

    It was a beautiful sunny day, and a little bit windy – but wind is fun, especially after we made our very own Wind Wands! 💨 We went on a stick hunt to find the perfect one, before choosing which ribbon we wanted!

    We can’t wait to get back out to Forest school every Thursday morning for this half-term!

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  • Musica Spectacular at St Geore's Hall

    Published 26/03/26

     

    On Monday we took to the stage at St George’s Hall for the annual Musica Spectacular alongside other schools in Bradford! ⭐

    Pupils from Co-op Academy Delius and Co-op Academy Southfield came together to form an incredible, large-scale signing choir. The group performed a moving rendition of "When I Grow Up" from the musical Matilda, a song that captures the wonder and big dreams we hold for the future. 💭

    It was a beautiful full-circle moment for our community; the choir featured a huge range of ages, from our littlest performers in EYFS to older Southfield students who actually began their journey at Delius years ago! 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

    Our dancers at Co-op Academy Delius absolutely sparkled in their ballet performance of "One Short Day" from Wicked! This year we’ve been working with the incredible Martin Howland from Project Resurgence, to show that ballet is for everybody! A huge shout-out to our two soloists who kicked things off by singing the intro through their headpiece mics and to everyone who took to the stage - you were amazing! 💚

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  • Eid-stravaganza!

    Published 26/03/26

    We had parents in across school to join in with learning about Eid! We really enjoyed making memories with our family members and showing them what we get up to at school! 

     

    We hope you all have a lovely Eid with your families and friends! 

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  • Community Iftar

    Published 17/03/26

    Over 150 members of our community joined us for Iftar on Friday 🌙

    Everyone was invited to join in on our inclusive evening, adapted to suit everyone’s needs.

    We had pupils attend with their families, as well as staff and their families, all sharing great food together! We were honoured to have multiple speakers throughout the evening, reminding us what Ramadan is all about!

    We would like to thank a number of places who helped to provide this opportunity. Without you this evening wouldn’t be able to go ahead:
    ✨ A big Thank you to the Shabir family who made it possible!
    ⭐️Lahore catering
    ⭐️Kashmiri catering
    ⭐️Leeds road fisheries
    ⭐️Regal bakery
    ⭐️East
    ⭐️Akhbars
    ⭐️Uroojs salon
    ⭐️Starbakes
    ⭐️Noor bakery
    ⭐️My milk cake.co
    ⭐️Pakistani catering

    @Twinkle cake @Nafeez
    @CLAshortbreaks
    Cupcake Cravings
    @thecheesecakecompany_
    @heavenlybites.sk
    @bakes_by_zias
    @nafees
    @starbakepatisseries
    @madewithlovecakes_cupcakes

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