Louth Academy Open Evening Success

Louth Academy hosted their Open Evening on Thursday 22^nd September 2022. Students, visitors and parents had the chance to look around the academy at the Lower school site on North Holme Road and speak to teachers and pupils about their academy.

Principal Philip Dickinson, alongside students Brooke Laggan, 12, and Olivia Asher, 12, talk through maths with the McBain family, dad Michael, mum Marie, and boys Archie, 10, and Albie, 6.

It was a brilliant turnout for the Academy, with almost 500 people in attendance. Prospective students and their parents were greeted by Academy Principal, Philip Dickinson, who gave a talk to start off the evening to promote the schools’ values, key aims and wishes for its potential students. Visitors were then given the opportunity to see the school and its facilities, either by guided tour or simply venturing around the site for themselves.

Principal Philip Dickinson said: “We are absolutely thrilled to invite so many prospective parents and carers to Louth Academy this evening.  We are so proud of everything the students are achieving and we welcome visitors to see our outstanding facilities.  After celebrating our best exam results ever in the summer, it was exciting to showcase what the Academy has to offer today and the bright future we have ahead.”

Harry Drury, 10, from East Wold C of E Primary School, with languages teacher Abbie Dean.

This event was a great opportunity to show prospective students what the school has to offer. In March 2022, the academy received an across-the-board rating of “Good” from Ofsted.  Louth Academy has Years 7 and 8 located at the Lower site on North Holme Road and Years 9, 10 and 11 located on Monks’ Dyke Road on the Upper Campus.

Fantastic work on display in art.

The tour of the Academy began in the library with Curriculum lead for English, Michelle Hammond. Michelle spoke to potential student, Maude Durham about her likes and dislikes. Maude said: “I like to read and I really like books by Tom Fletcher and David Walliams.”

Curriculum lead for English, Marie Hammond talks to Maude Durham, 10 from Kidgate Primary Academy, in the library.

Louth Academy prides itself on their encouragement for reading within the school. Each student is given a brand new book on their first day. Principal, Philip Dickinson said: “We believe in setting the children up for success and we are proud that reading is at the forefront of our curriculum.” The Academy also have a book vending machine, in which the students can exchange tokens for a book from the machine.

Phoebe Lamming, from Laceyfields Academy, makes a bookmark in English.

The PE department created a great showcase for students where there were demonstrations from pupils in dance and basketball and challenges were held in the Academy gym. The Academy’s reputation for sport is on the rise with victories such as the boys’ football teams in Years 7, 9 and 10 all becoming District Champions for Coastal and Wolds earlier this year.

(L) Harry Dunbar, 10, from St Michael’s C of E Primary School in Louth, is put through his paces in PE.

(R) Harley Spires, 10, from Kidgate Primary Academy, is put through his paces in PE by Layla Padbury, 12.

The History and Geography departments put on a great show for the students who were looking around the school. Curriculum lead for History, Mr Fisher, helped pupils to discover items from history and explore what the school offers in terms of its history lessons.

Enjoying learning about History with curriculum lead for History, Lawrence Fisher, are, Rosalyn Oakes, 11, and Scarlet Oakes, 9, from St Michael’s C of E Primary School with dad Gary Oakes, and mum Heather Clarke.

Joseph Anderson engaged with the teachers in the Geography department and showed a particular interest in the Academy as a whole. Joseph’s mum commented: “I used to go to school here and it’s been great seeing the changes and what it has to offer. I have seen some people here that I myself went to school with and now we’re exploring the site for our own children.”

Joseph Anderson, 10, from St Michael’s C of E Primary School

As always, the science department stunned students and parents alike with the wild experiments going on in the lab during the tour. Teachers allowed primary school pupils to help with some experiments. It involved setting methane bubbles alight with a spark on someone’s hand to create a huge flame, which everyone enjoyed thoroughly. The Academy prides itself on its facilities and to enable students to take part in things like this, means that they can experience things on a whole new level once they leave primary school.

(L) Dylan Orchard, 10, from Laceyfields Academy, enjoys helping in a Science experiment.

(R) George Wright, 10, from Kidgate Primary Academy, enjoys Science.