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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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!

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!)

 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?

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! 

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

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