Tag: The South Leeds Academy

South Leeds Roundup: Chefs, Champs and Choirs

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Belle Isle where the Little Chefs programme at Belle Isle Family Centre teaches children aged 5-11 and their parents to cook simple nutritious meals. The centre’s

Parents encouraged to apply for secondary school places

Are you the parent of a year 6 pupil? Don’t forget that the  deadline for you to apply for a secondary school place for September 2017 is midnight on Monday 31 October. Go to www.leeds.gov.uk/schooladmisisons and click on secondary admissions. Leeds City Council have also produced a video on secondary

South Leeds students win photo prizes

Year 9 and 10 GCSE Photography students at The South Leeds Academy have entered the British Exploring Society #BEabug competition. The competition called for photographs taken from a bug’s perspective. You can see their brilliant work on the BES website: www.britishexploring.org/contact/beabug-competition.aspx                  

Academy students to gain science experience

Leeds City College has partnered with Young Enterprise and Johnson & Johnson’s Bridge to Employment initiative to deliver a three-year project with The South Leeds Academy. The project will give 48 students the opportunity to experience a range of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, in partnership with Johnson

South Leeds Roundup: Farms, fayres and fun

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Belle Isle at the Family Centre, where there’s a host of summer fun to be had. It starts on Friday (5 August) with a parent and

South Leeds Roundup: Parks, poaching and pre-fabs

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Miggy Park. There’s an interesting post from the Friends of Middleton Park about the difficulties of funding their summer programme and encouraging people to join the

South Leeds Roundup: Pavilions, sheds and garden gates

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Beeston at Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club (confusingly) where a new pavilion is on the cards. You can see the plans on their Facebook Page, but we