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We hope you have all had a restful holiday as we welcome our students back in 2024. Over the next few weeks, we will be distributing badges to all our students who were nominated for awards at the end of last term. Once again, a big congratulations to all the students who received a nomination. At the end of this term, there will be another set of awards so we encourage students to start the new year off with positivity! This term we continue to have the highest expectations of our students. As part of this, there are some changes to our Positive Behaviour Policy. Parents/carers were given the opportunity to share some feedback in regards to these changes through an online forum last term, and students have been informed of these changes during Tutor Time this week. Full details including the updated policy can be found on our website. Q3 Academy Great Barr new 'Ethos Team'Last term the Academy welcomed a new Ethos Team. The Ethos team is from a charity called Grace Foundation and consists of three members: Ethos Leader, Miss Anderson; Ethos Youth Worker, Mrs Costello; and Ethos Family Support Worker, Miss Howl. The team will be running a holistic wellbeing and empowerment programme in the Academy. They will be promoting ethos through Academy-wide events, 1:1 mentoring, and group interventions. 
There will also be support specifically for families and community events that our Family Support Worker will facilitate. The aim is to empower students and offer support where needed both in and out of the Academy. The team are excited to be a part of the Academy and have launched a 'Drop In' space for students during their free time. – Miss M Anderson Story WritingAt the end of last term in story writing, we looked at a variety of different topics and addressed a range of issues in our writing. We have even entered some of the students' work into national competitions! We are always looking for competitions to enter with our next one being called 'The Glitch'. 
One topic we have looked at is nature. Take a look at a story written by Olivia. All students are able to come and join us; we meet in room 308 on a Wednesday afternoon. – Miss Hickman 
25 Years – How Fortunate we are!All of us at the Academy send our biggest congratulations to Miss Fortune, our Learning Mentor, for 25 years of service to the Academy! Miss Fortune started on this site in January 1999. We thank you for all of your ongoing support, effort, and guidance to our students over the 25 years, and look forward to many more! 
Mental Health SupportWe recently shared details of our partnership with Reflexions as to provide further opportunities to help parents/carers support children struggling with their mental health. A series of free, coffee morning workshops are taking place at the Academy covering a range of topics. Full details and a link to book a place can be found here. ZAFTA win for Mr KumarMr Kumar celebrated winning the illustrious ZAFTA for his high quality modelling and explanation lesson. He even taught Zog the skill of producing his own self portrait! – Mr Mills 
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