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• Djanogly Sherwood Academy pupils create vertical vegetable garden with national climate action prize

  Tue 25 Jul 2023

  [25th July 2023]

   

  Djanogly Sherwood Academy pupils create vertical vegetable garden with national climate action prize

   

  Green fingered Djanogly Sherwood Academy pupils are creating an innovative vertical vegetable garden after winning a national climate action prize.

   

  Pupils at Djanogly Sherwood Academy, Sherwood Rise, which is Ofsted graded ‘good’, recently won £1,000 from the organisation Let’s Go Zero.

   

  The national campaign for zero carbon schools aims to help school staff and pupils create inspirational climate action projects.

   

  Djanogly Sherwood Academy was one of only 10 schools nationally to win an Ovo Foundation Nature Prize of £1,000, announced in April 2023. Another 15 schools won £200.

   

  Judges selected the most creative entries that had the power to inspire young people and the wider school community.

   

  Now pupils are getting to work and using the prize money to invest in and plant Hydroveg Kits in the school playground.

   

  The growing kits aim to make gardening easy. Known as hydroponic gardening, although the plants require water to grow, they do not need soil and weeding to thrive.

   

  The plants, which grow in vertical containers, can also be placed in confined spaces.

   

  When the next academic year starts, in September 2023, the plants will be looked after by the school’s green team comprising pupils from every year group.  

   

  Produce grown by the children will be given to pupils and their families.

   

  Hayley Keen, Headteacher, Djanogly Sherwood Academy, said: “We aim to provide an exciting and stimulating learning environment for all.

   

  “It is fantastic to see our pupils’ inspiring ideas win funding for a gardening project that will benefit our school, nature and our local environment.”

   

  Djanogly Sherwood Academy is part of Djanogly Learning Trust, which comprises nine schools in the East Midlands.

   

  Liz Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Djanogly Learning Trust, said: “It is great to see Djanogly Sherwood Academy pupils showing such a keen interest in nature and taking positive action to make a difference to their community and the planet.”

  

• Djanogly Sherwood Academy staff and pupils celebrate Ofsted ‘good’ grade with ‘outstanding’ personal development.

  Fri 03 Mar 2023

  Djanogly Sherwood Academy has been praised for its ambitious curriculum and being a school where pupils feel happy and everyone belongs.

   

  The education watchdog Ofsted has graded the overall effectiveness of the school as ‘good’ following an inspection.

   

  The publication of the Ofsted report on March 3rd, 2023, marks an important milestone for the school.

   

  This is Djanogly Sherwood Academy’s first inspection since it opened in September 2014 to accommodate growing demand for pupil places in the local area.  

   

  Ofsted inspects schools according to five criteria and provides an overall effectiveness grading.

   

  Djanogly Sherwood Academy was graded as ‘outstanding’ in one of the five inspection criteria: personal development.

   

  It was graded ‘good’ in the other four criteria: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management and early years provision. Its overall effectiveness is ‘good’.

   

  At Djanogly Sherwood Academy, which has 355 pupils, inspectors found that children are encouraged to have high aspirations.

   

  Teachers, the report notes, have good subject knowledge and deliver interesting lessons.

  Pupils learn to read quickly and there is an ambitious curriculum that is well sequenced and planned.

   

  Inspectors have praised the school for ensuring that pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, those with English as an additional language and disadvantaged pupils are well provided for. Expectations for these pupils to achieve are high.

   

  The report also notes that pupils say they feel safe and happy and they are highly respectful of one another and behave exceptionally well. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

   

  Hayley Keen, Headteacher, Djanogly Sherwood Academy, said: “We are absolutely delighted that overall Ofsted has graded us as a ‘good’ school following our first inspection and recognised that we are one where everyone belongs.”

   

  She added: “It’s also a real credit to our pupils and staff that in one of the inspection criteria, personal development, we were graded as ‘outstanding’, supporting our children to become confident, responsible and thoughtful citizens who are considerate of those around them.”

   

  The report also highlights:

   

  • The school is developing pupils beyond the academic. The school’s commitment to pupils’ personal development has been praised as exceptional. There are many opportunities for pupils to develop character.

   

  • Pupils understand the importance of diversity in their community. Assemblies broaden horizons and deepen cultural understanding.

   

  • Regular debate enables pupils to be tolerant and respectful of difference and of others. Pupils reflect wisely on what they learn.

   

  • The five ‘Rs’ ensure pupils have a mature understanding of respect, relationships, reflection, resilience and being resourceful and they develop into responsible and thoughtful citizens.

   

  • Governors understand their role. Staff feel cared for.

   

  Djanogly Sherwood Academy is sponsored by Djanogly Learning Trust, which is a successful, growing multi academy trust that sponsors eight schools in the East Midlands.

   

  Liz Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Djanogly Learning Trust, added: “This is a fantastic endorsement of staff and pupils at Djanogly Sherwood Academy and I would like to congratulate them on their success.”

   

  The inspection took place on January 17th and 18th, 2023. To read the report, please visit Ofsted’s website.

   

  Pictured: Hayley Keen, Headteacher, with pupils at Djanogly Sherwood Academy

  

• DLT CEO Statement: Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II

  Fri 09 Sep 2022

  DLT CEO Statement: Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II

   

  Djanogly Learning Trust has issued a statement following the death of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II. 

   

  Liz Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Djanogly Learning Trust, said: “We would like to express our deepest sympathies to the Royal Family following the passing of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II. 

   

  “We will observe the national mourning period and pay tribute to the Queen’s long standing service and reign whilst continuing to support our pupils and staff during this time.”

  

• LYFTA IMPACT: GLOBAL LEARNING AT DJANOGLY SHERWOOD ACADEMY

  Thu 08 Sep 2022

  LYFTA IMPACT: GLOBAL LEARNING AT DJANOGLY SHERWOOD ACADEMY

  The Lyfta team attended a Global Goals day at Djanogly Sherwood Academy and met some of the staff and pupils in the spring term of 2022. In this blog post we share some of the impactful ways global learning is being enhanced at the school with Lyfta.

   

  Djanogly Sherwood Academy is a two form entry primary school in Nottingham. Diversity and individuality is celebrated in many ways. The school has a higher than average number of pupils whose first language is not English. There is also an above average number of pupils eligible for free school meals.

  One of the school improvement aims outlined by Hayley Keen, Headteacher, is to ensure that the academy’s curriculum inspires children to demonstrate their depth of understanding, knowledge and progress through quality of work in books and other media. Lyfta is being used as an immersive learning experience to facilitate this aim.

  Embedding Lyfta at Djanogly Sherwood Academy

  Michael Brothwood, Year 5 and 6 Teacher and Leader of Global Learning, has embedded the Global Goals across the curriculum at the school. Developing oracy is also a focus for the school and Lyfta is a powerful way to enhance this.

  Once a week, pupils spend the last 30 minutes of the day exploring and discussing a new storyworld. Ideas generated by the conversations are put onto post-it notes and stuck on the classroom display boards. Each Key Stage cohort then meets together in an assembly on the following day. The format is to arrange the pupils into a seated horseshoe shape; there is the space to talk, see what each class thought and compare ideas.

  Beachcomber storyworld: impact on learning 

  There’s been a clear impact on pupils and learning. Michael noted, “There are a lot of crossover ideas in the group assemblies and these have become part of the school conversation”. Lyfta maps have appeared in the classrooms, relevant books have been tied into the curriculum and displays inspired by the stories are in the hallways. The plan is to look at lunchtime conversation starters around the recent storyworlds. 

   

  After watching the Beachcomber storyworld pupils discussed what they can do in their community, such as on the walk home where there is plastic waste and rubbish on the streets. Adam, aged 11 said, “If you raise awareness about an issue, you can make a difference.” They asked for litter pickers and a mini litter police team did a community clean up. A climate change group now meets on Friday lunchtime to discuss further ideas. There is now a group of pupils who turn off the lights and whiteboards around the school at the end of the day. Single use plastic bottles have also been highlighted as an issue and are being removed from school trips and parent’s visits. As a result of the group's actions, the Academy Trust CEO Liz Anderson is looking to make it a whole trust approach.

  Increasing cultural capital

  Although many of the children come from countries around the world, they have limited experience beyond their own postcode. As mentioned by teaching assistant Sophie Hartley, “many haven’t even had the opportunity to go clothes shopping, they have not had that experience of seeing the world and therefore have limited knowledge of what it looks like”.

  Lyfta is boosting cultural capital and provides experiences that the children wouldn’t normally get. There are early signs that it is helping things like reading, with vocabulary being picked up.

  Michael notes “You say ‘seaside’, they don’t know what that is because they haven’t been there. The schemas we have, they don’t have yet. I think Lyfta is helping to build that”.

  Victor, aged 9, said, “The people on Lyfta are telling us about their lives and how they live and stuff they do. Therefore we can see what other people are doing and use that to help them or relate to them and make the world a better place.”

  It is early on in the Lyfta journey for Djanogly Sherwood Academy but here are good signs of impact so far. Lyfta has been embedded quickly, and fits in well with the wider work on the Global Goals and there is already evidence of impact on learning.

  Want to get started with Lyfta now? Get access to two immersive storyworlds, including Beachcomber, for free when you create a Lyfta account.

• Children in Need

  Fri 19 Nov 2021

  We have thoroughly enjoyed raising money for children in need today! #SherwoodBuzz

• Bikeability

  Fri 19 Nov 2021

  It was a perfect day for embarking upon bikeability level 2 with our Year 5 children. #sherwoodbuzz

• Djanogly Learning Trust turns 10 years old

  Wed 21 Jul 2021

   

  Djanogly Learning Trust celebrates its 10th birthday with pupils and staff

   

  Djanogly Learning Trust is celebrating a major milestone this month.

  The Trust turns 10-years-old on August 1st, 2021 and Djanogly Sherwood Academy has been joining in the celebrations.

   

  Pupils and staff at the Trust’s eight schools across the East Midlands are marking the occasion with a series of celebrations.

   

  At Djanogly Sherwood Academy, pupils and staff have celebrated the 10^th birthday with our very own party day where children had the opportunity to come to school dressed in their party clothes to enjoy games on the playground, a bouncy castle, balloons and music all finished off with a yummy fish and chip lunch outside with ice cream.

   

  Hayley Keen, Head of School, Djanogly Sherwood Academy, said “It’s been lovely to be part of the trust from the beginning and see it flourish with new schools join us along the way. Today has been a real celebration of our journey.”

   

  Liz Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Djanogly Learning Trust, said: “It’s a great feeling to reach this milestone. I am incredibly proud of our pupils and staff, and what we have achieved together as part of our successful growing family of schools.”

   

  She added: “Our aim is to provide the best possible opportunities to ensure that our children thrive and succeed and develop resilience to face challenges - that ethos unites all of our academies.”

   

  Highlights during the last decade include enhancing the quality of teaching and learning resulting in Ofsted ‘good’ grades for Djanogly Northgate Academy and Djanogly Strelley Academy.

   

  Djanogly City Academy, which is also Ofsted graded ‘good’, is the highest performing secondary school in Nottingham for students’ progress, according to the government’s last performance tables published in 2019 prior to the pandemic.

   

  The Trust opened Djanogly Sherwood Academy to meet increased demand for places in 2018. Its family of schools has grown further with Springfield Academy, Langley Mill Academy and Kensington Academy joining in the last four years.

   

  The emergence of the pandemic has meant adjusting to new challenges during the last 18 months putting safety measures in place, adapting to home learning and supporting families with food parcels.

   

  Liz Anderson added: “I would like to thank our pupils, and their families, for their resilience, patience and support, as well our staff for their incredible response to the biggest challenge we have faced responding to the pandemic. It has been a real team effort.”

   

  All of the Trust’s schools - Djanogly City Academy, Djanogly Northgate Academy, Djanogly Strelley Academy, Djanogly Sherwood Academy and Springfield Academy in Nottingham as well as Laceyfields Academy in Heanor, Langley Mill Academy in Langley Mill and Kensington Academy in Ilkeston - are supporting the celebrations with activities such as party games, sports activities and picnics.

   

   

• BBC online lessons - WB: Monday 11th January 2021

  Sun 10 Jan 2021
  

• School Closure Update

  Mon 04 Jan 2021

  Following government announcement we are sorry to say we are having to close.  Tomorrow – Tuesday 5th – we will be completely closed to all children.  From Wednesday 6th we will provide remote learning and some provision on site.  We will be in touch tomorrow with more details.  We are so sorry but have no choice at this time.

• Coronavirus Update - 18.11.2020

  Wed 18 Nov 2020

  Unfortunately we have had an adult in Alexandra class test positive at the academy. She has mild symptoms.  Following advice from the DfE we are now required to close the class to all children and staff.  They are all self-isolating for 14 days at home with remote education provision in place to continue with learning activities.

   

  All other children should attend as normal and we continue to take all necessary precautions to limit wider impact.  Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you require any further information.