TWELVE Selwood Academy students took part in National training for the Diana Award Anti-Bullying Ambassadors, on Tuesday 18th October.
The academy says, “The 12 students and their teachers, Mrs Hughes and Mrs Farleigh, were delighted to attend the training at The Steiner Academy Frome.
“Pupils discussed different types of bullying and how they could help their peers to overcome bullying; from being an upstander not a bystander to promoting attitudes of acceptance.
“Owen from Selwood Academy said that being an anti-bullying ambassador was his proudest achievement. Owen in Year 8 is a passionate advocate for pupils’ rights and has volunteered to lead the anti-bullying ambassadors to promote the zero tolerance anti-bullying policy at Selwood.”
Lions’ Sponsored Swim
Selwood Academy took part in the annual Lions Charity Sponsored Swim on 16th October .
The academy says, “We took three teams of year 7 pupils who gave up their own time on a wet and windy evening to raise money for Selwood Academy and local causes.
“They set off at 6.00pm and swam in teams of 6 non-stop for half an hour cheered on by their parents, Mrs Travers, Mr Wilkie and other well-wishers. Within their time slot, the pupils swam over a fantastic 300 lengths and raised lots of money at the same time. Well done, great job everyone.”
Science Fair
Just before half-term, Selwood Academy took a group of Year 5 and 6 pupils to Bruton School for Girls for their annual ‘Girls in Science’ fair.
“Whilst there, the girls took part in a range of science activities including; making bath bombs, where they learnt how their sense of smell could trigger memories; pond dipping, where they found among other things dragonfly nymphs and made gliders to investigate aerodynamics.
“One team won an award for their creativity in physics after coming up with a novel investigation to look into.”
“It was amazing fun, the bath bombs were the best bit,” said Issy. “I learned lots about science.”
