Month: March 2025
Year 7 Phone Pouch Trial
25 Mar 2025
Year 7 Phone Pouches
As we continue to strive for the best learning environment for our students, we are constantly looking for ways to improve focus and reduce distractions. One area of concern is the use of mobile phones in school and the temptation for students to check them during the day, despite existing rules around the use of this technology in school. We regularly hear from parents that they are also concerned about the amount of time their children spend on phones and the negative impact it is having on their wellbeing. They are also sometimes a contributing factor in bullying incidents and other forms of anti-social behaviour.
To address this, Park Vale Academy, along with some other schools in the Redhill Academy Trust will be participating in a trial during the summer term where all Year 7 students will be provided with a lockable mobile phone pouch. Students will keep these pouches with them at all times but will be expected to place their phones into the locked pouch before they arrive at school. They will be able to unlock their cases on their way out of school using a magnetic unlocking device.
Year 11 Easter School 7th & 8th April 2025
13 Mar 2025
Easter Revision Classes – Monday 7th April and Tuesday 8th April 2025
We will be running Easter revision classes on the above dates to provide guidance and support for students sitting exams in the summer term. Students who attended similar sessions last year found them extremely beneficial and felt that in many cases they were a contributing factor to examination success.
Students have the opportunity to choose which sessions they would like to attend based on their individual needs. All sessions will be based in department classrooms and will take place as per the timetable. Students should bring a packed lunch with them for the day. Please note that it isn’t compulsory to attend both days, or indeed all 3 sessions in a day, and students do not have to wear school uniform.
Wednesday 30th April 2025 Commendation Evening Year 11
12 Mar 2025
Park Vale Academy is delighted to welcome parents to their Year 11 Commendation Evening on Wednesday 30th April 2025. 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.
Ben Davis Author Visit 7th March 2025
7 Mar 2025
Ben Davis is visiting Park Vale Academy, as part of the World Book Day celebrations, to deliver creative writing workshops to year 7 and year 8 students during their library lessons
About the author
Ben Davis is an award-winning author of children’s books. His most recent title, the Soup Movement, was nominated for the prestigious Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Little Rebels Award.
His adult debut, Is This It, came out in 2021.
Ben lives in Tamworth, Staffordshire, with his wife, son and wimpy dog.
National Careers Week 2025 – 3rd – 8th March
6 Mar 2025
Visit the Virtual National Careers week https://nationalcareersweek.com/ncw2025-vcf-info/
About National Careers Week
National Careers Week (NCW) is a one-week celebration of careers guidance across the UK. Our aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people develop awareness and excitement about their future pathways.
NCW is a dedicated week every year allowing schools, colleges, universities, alternative provision settings and organisations to work towards. It’s backed-up with free high-quality printable, downloadable, digital and video resources for educators to support planning and delivery.
Careers Week
NCW 2025 Virtual Careers Fair
Green Careers
Generation Logistics Week
All Year Round
The Careers Download Magazine
NCW Champions
NCW TV
