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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall tells the story of the rise of Thomas Cromwell, the upstart confidante of King Henry VIII and his mission to grant Henry his divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, in order to marry his new love Anne Boleyn. Mantel writes the book from Cromwell’s perspective, which can be quite challenging especially …
On March 28th The JCB Academy competed at the UK national finals of the Land Rover 4×4 in Schools competition at Silverstone. One of the optional engineering activities at The JCB Academy is to compete in the Land Rover 4×4 in Schools challenge. A national competition where school teams of four work together to design and build a remote control …
We had a great day on Friday at The JCB Academy, raising over £925 for Comic Relief. A big thank you to everyone who took part. “It was great to see a large turnout in the Lodge [The JCB Academy Sixth Form building], and it was very satisfying to see so many people volunteering their break time to raise money for …
Learners and staff at The JCB Academy are taking part in Red Nose Day with a host of fundraising activities again this year. The fundraisers include: non-uniform day cake sale in the restaurant sixth form soak-a-teacher, where learners can pay £1 to throw wet sponges at staff guess the staff, where staff members have brought in a photo of when …
We have made it through to the finals of the UK national Land Rover 4×4 in Schools Technology Challenge at Silverstone after competing in the regional finals in January at Shirelands Collegiate Academy, Smethwick. The Land Rover 4×4 in Schools Technology Challenge requires learners to build a radio controlled four-wheel drive vehicle to the specifications provided by the International …
When our new year 10 learners come to The JCB Academy one of the first things they participate in is a one week residential trip to Harper Adams University in Shropshire. It is here that learners receive an introduction to their first engineering challenge, the “Harper Adams Challenge”. When the learners arrive back to the academy they continue the Harper …
The JCB Academy and our partner school, St Patrick’s Technical College, Adelaide, South Australia are extremely excited to announce that our annual exchange programme will be taking place once again in 2018. We are currently looking for a maximum of six Y11 learners who will be moving on to The JCB Academy 6th Form who wish to participate in this once …
Engineering learners at The JCB Academy Sixth Form have just completed a two day course at the Academy of Operational Excellence which is based at the JCB World Headquarters in Rocester. The bespoke course designed by the Operational Excellence team leader, Darren Moore, focussed on Lean and Quality improvement methods applied in a practical situation to the assembly of a …
Our latest recommended book comes from Mrs Tomlinson, who has recently read Qualify by Vera Nazarian. If you liked the Hunger Games… you’ll love this series. You have two options: you die, or you qualify. The year is 2047. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver …
Vincent Whalley, a learner at The JCB Academy who took part in the 2017 ski trip has put together this video comprising of his own Go-Pro footage and teachers’ photographs. A big thank you to Vincent.
