Atlantic Academy

Some of the Year 8 students who enjoyed a cultural visit to Poole Lighthouse today to watch a lively, funny new adaptation of Little Women. Not only did they enjoy the story, but they were also amazed at the effects - trees, smoke and snow, indoors!

Year 3 had some strange deliveries under their chairs today…✉️ Each child was assigned a feature of a village, town or city to create a Tri-Rama as part of our year-group city; Fin and Flipper City. Children created: universities, homes, shops and stations of all kinds.

Year 11, starting the day with some focused revision in Learning Labs. This English group had talked about explicit and implicit information and moved on to revising how to reference a text.

The secondary students are having a great time at Art enrichment club! They've been busy creating all sorts of wonderful artwork, and their creativity is really shining through.

Our KS2 school councillors were invited to Weymouth Train Station on Friday morning to be presented with a plaque for our dedication to delivering rail safety education 🚂 ⭐

Like our students @AtlanticAAT, #sirdavidattenborough loves Weymouth! The legendary broadcaster was spotted filming at Custom House Quay. Atlantic pupils were recently invited to the @RGS_IBG for a presentation hosted by the environmentalist. Read here: uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/sir-david…

“Hugely positive impact”: @AtlanticAAT & @BudmouthAcademy staff attended @CowesEC showcase of The Maritime Futures curriculum event showing how to involve maritime in subjects such as Science, Design Technology and Humanities. Read more on @islandecho: tinyurl.com/5x9f2th7

“We are delighted that Portland Town Council @portlandtc are now supporting other local schools as well”: @AtlanticAAT reflect on success of working with local authority to provide meals for Portland children during school holidays. Read @dorseteyenews: tinyurl.com/3ysn3e6h

We are super proud to announce we have won a further two FFT Attendance Awards 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 We celebrated by giving out our 25 streak badges 🔥 Thank you to all of our wonderful Atlantic Family for supporting us 💙

Year 3 have been using the force today, investigating the effects of push and pull ➡️⬅️ Can you find any at home over the weekend? We will be adding to our results tables in next week’s lesson, too! 👀

Thank you to everyone who came to our parent breakfast on Friday, it was wonderful to celebrate the project outcomes for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. 🌱🦖🌍🇰🇪 As well as the fantastic VE Day display by the history department 🇬🇧

Congratulations to our heroes this week who have been chosen by their class teachers for their resilience, fantastic story writing and kindness 💙

Thank you to everyone who donated and attended our @macmillancancer Coffee Morning. Our wonderful student leaders and hospitality students did a great job hosting 💚🎂🍰

We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A source of continuity, strength and reassurance for 70 years, her legacy bears testament to a life dedicated to service. Our thoughts are with the Royal Family and we offer our heartfelt condolences.

Students from Y5, 6 and 10 who have been working on their ‘Beetle Boy’ reading project with @DorsetCouncilUK went to @bournemouthuni to officially graduate on Monday. Congratulations to all our amazing students for all their hard work on improving reading.

The winner of our #HPMilesofMagic Reading Challenge has been chosen: congratulations @AtlanticAAT Portland, Dorset! Pupils read all the way to Hogwarts winning amazing Harry Potter goodies from @KidsBloomsbury for their school. Read more: literacytrust.org.uk/news/we-reveal…

Year 2 kick-started their new topic with a day dedicated to people who have changed the world. We had everyone from Albert Einstein, Neil Armstrong, Anne Boleyn and Emmeline Pankhurst 🌎

Year 1 had a fantastic trip to Abbotsbury today, learning about our local environment and British Wildlife 😎

Wish us luck this evening at the #TesAwards couldn’t be prouder to be putting Portland on the map #AtlanticFamily

As part of our PSHE curriculum, KS1 enjoy weekly circle times to discuss and share views on a variety of topics. Today Year 2 took theirs outside and discussed how to show good manners in the dining hall 🍽️☀️