Year: 2023
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12 Apr 2023
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Thursday 4th May 2023 Commendation Evening Year 11
4 Apr 2023
Park Vale Academy is delighted to welcome parents to their Year 11 Commendation Evening on Thursday 4th May 2023. We look forward to celebrating the success of the students with you.
Year 11 commendation winners and their families are invited to attend this presentation evening to celebrate their achievements at the academy.
Invite letters and Class Chart messages will be sent to all award winners.
Last Year’s Prize Winners – 2022
Ski Trip 2023
3 Apr 2023
We are excited to announce the successful return of the Park Vale Academy ski adventure involving over 100 students from across The Redhill Academy Trust schools. The resort of Aprica, in Italy, has been chosen and the snow reports are good. The departure date was Friday 31st March, returning on Saturday 8th April 2023.
The resort of The ski resort Aprica is located in the Camonica Valley. For skiing and snowboarding, there are 50 km of slopes available. 11 lifts transport the guests. The winter sports area is situated between the elevations of 1,162 and 2,270 m.
Y11 Easter School
3 Apr 2023
To support our students to prepare for GCSE examinations the Academy provide the opportunity for Year 11 students to attend during the Easter holidays to work with staff and receive additional teacher guidance. We aim to make the sessions, enjoyable and educational.
All students in Year 11 are invited, although the sessions are optional, we encourage students to make the most of the opportunity to attend. The session will allow students to complete coursework, rehearse practical content, complete examination board assessments, complete general revision, etc, all with the support of subject specialist.
Easter school will run across two days:
• Monday 3rd April
• Tuesday 4th April
PVA Supports Autism Acceptance Week 2023 #Equality
26 Mar 2023
‘Think CAREers’ by CARE4Notts at PVA 1st December 2022
24 Mar 2023
Students interested in a career in the care industry will attend the ‘Think CAREers’ drama-based performance.
The performance aims to: inform students of the diversity of opportunities available to them in the NHS and explore the fascinating world of healthcare. It’s a fun and engaging presentation, which is also informative and inspirational.
The main aims of the programme will be to inform and inspire students to:
- Recognise that health & social care is more diverse than they knew
- Appreciate the variety of roles, not just for highly qualified specialists
- Realise a job in health & social care offers training and career progression
- Understand that a career within health & social care is fulfilling and rewarding
- Discover that working in health & social care is exciting, with a great social aspect
- Know that the Careers Advisers and Tutors can help, support and advise
- Take positive action to discover more and explore the resources available
These performances have been funded by CARE4Notts; Careers Academy for Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Integrated Care System.
More information about careers can be found on their website https://care4notts.org/
PVA CAREERS FAIR – Thursday 23rd March 2023
24 Mar 2023
It is never too early to start to get young people to think about their future and for them to receive valuable information on the different options available. Such information allows balanced and considered decisions. Our varied and ambitious careers programme helps our students with this process.
This annual event provides all PVA students, across all year groups, the opportunity to visit the fair where employers from a vast range of employment join us. These included the NHS, Armed Forces, Nottinghamshire Police, and The Department for Work & Pensions, DHL, Catalent, Plastek UK Ltd, HSBC, Hollies Day Nurseries, Nottingham City Homes, Lovell, Gedling Borough Council, KH Hair and many local, national and global businesses. Each exhibitor spent time talking to students about different careers and job roles. Some were also promoting current apprenticeships. Employers appreciated the opportunity to talk to employees of the future.
In addition, local FE and HE providers attended to give students information about post 16 options. Students were keen to engage with exhibitors and find out as much as they could about each individual company/college. Not only did they find it useful, they really enjoy the experience. Feedback from everyone was really positive and students felt better informed.
The academy would like to say a huge thank you to all the exhibitors and people who came along to support us with this event. If you are interested in becoming an employer partner and working with the academy, please visit employer’s page on or website for further information.
Year 11 Tutor Review Week – School closes at 2.05pm on Thursday 30th March 2023
21 Mar 2023
Year 11 Tutor Review Meetings – Wednesday 30th March 2022
These meetings add to our partnership work with parents in helping to secure outstanding results for students. During the review week all parents and students should attend a 20 minute face to face meeting to discuss progress across subjects.
World Poetry Day – March 21
20 Mar 2023
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” — Writer Elizabeth Barrett Browning dedicated this iconic poem to her husband Robert Browning but her famous sonnet could just as easily declare love for poetry itself. We can all do that on World Poetry Day, on March 21. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) founded this day in 1999. Poetry uses rhythms and imagery to elicit emotion and the imagination of the reader. Poetry can rhyme, using what are called meters of long and short syllables. Some poetry, written in what’s called ‘free verse,’ doesn’t employ rhyme or meters. Poems are broken into stanzas, which are like paragraphs, and can be up to 12 lines long. We believe the first known poem appeared 4,000 years ago in Babylon. Today, countless types of poems are available to enjoy, including haikus, limericks, sonnets, and ballads.
