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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We had a fabulous day celebrating World Book Day across school! 

Our theme this year was Bedtime Stories & we had lots of exciting activities to really immerse ourselves. From making sock puppets to designing our own pillowcases for the midday sleepover we had in the hall!

Our tradition of decorating our doors came back too, with all the doors across school turned into our favourite Bedtime Stories! 

It was great to see so many staff and pupils dressed up as their favourite characters or in their PJ's ready to enjoy reading and stories all together!! 

Can you spot your favourite story?

Orange Base have been practicing their skills ready for Pancake Day next week! They had to communicate their choices throughout, working on their independence too, and following instructions! 

They loved tasting their pancakes after - it was a very sticky morning!