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OPAL Request

We are looking for donations of baby/toddler strollers for OPAL play. The action of pushing and pulling is a fantastic way for children to build muscle, become more spatially aware, encourage communication and collaboration, to be creative and use their imagination, develop communication skills and to act out and make sense real-life situation.
That's a lot of gain from a simple buggy.
{Please note we would like actual baby buggies not doll buggies}
Easter Disco 2024!
 
The PTFA have finalised their plans for their annual Easter Discos. The events will take place on:
Wednesday 10th April 4pm – 5pm (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2) and Thursday 11th April 4pm to 5pm (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6).
Tickets can be booked using the link below:
The closing date for bookings is Wednesday 27th March at 12 noon. No further bookings will be accepted after this date.
Please can any payments be brought into school and handed to the class teacher in a named envelope.
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‘Bring a Loved One to School’
What a wonderful week in school! The ‘Bring a Loved One to School’ event was a huge success. When we first thought about the idea, we didn’t imagine the wonderful response and number of bookings hence why the sessions had to be split. It was lovely to see adults and children enjoying a drink and snack whilst completing the loved one activity sheet and adding love heart post it notes to our wall display. This morning, children who could not attend the event on one of the afternoons also took part in the tasks and had a drink and sweet treat. We had lots of lovely feedback regarding the event. This is an event that will run year on year with plans already in place to make 2025 bigger and better. A huge thank you must go to Mrs Lambert and the kitchen staff for making the cakes and biscuits and for staying behind to support with service.

5Y visit Thurston

Our children from class 5Y had an amazing time at Thurston. Click here to view their photos.

Bring a loved one to school

We will be holding a ‘Bring a loved one to school’ afternoon tea on Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th February from 2:30pm – 3:30pm.

The event will be free of charge. You will be able to enjoy a special cake / biscuit and coffee / tea with your child to celebrate Valentines Day and the theme of love.

Due to space limitations, we will only be able to accommodate one adult per child in school on one of the dates.
Please choose a date that suits your diary and book using the Survey Monkey link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VT3LJZP

The link will be close on Monday 4th February at 12pm so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Raffle Winners

OPAL

We are hoping to start on our OPAL Journey after the Christmas break. We are pleased to announce that our wonderful PTFA has bought some essential equipment for us. Scooterboards and helmets for the wheeled area, clamps and clips for den building, wellies for the digging area, brushes and rollers for the creative space and storage boxes to keep everything nice and neat.

Angela's Ark

As a link to our science topic Year 2 children were very excited to receive a visit from Angela's Ark

The 12 Days of Christmas
 
Following the huge success of last year’s 12 Days of Christmas collection, the Junior Leadership Team would like to make a special effort to support our local foodbank this year, helping all families to be able to have a happy and joyful Christmas. For the first 12 school days of December (1st – 18th), our trolley will be outside ready to welcome your donations.
We will be collecting a variety of things this year on the following dates:
• 1st, 4th & 5th- Non-perishable foods (e.g. tinned food, packet items, small Christmas treats etc.)
• 6th, 7th & 8th- Toiletries (toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, body wash etc.)
• 11th, 12th & 13th- Donations to support our furry friends (food, treats etc.)
• 14th, 15th & 18th- Toys and gifts
Wellbeing Wednesday
 
Welcome back! We have changed our Websafe Wednesday to Wellbeing Wednesday. Every Wednesday we will share posts which will help and advice on keeping safe and looking after our wellbeing.
This week's post focuses on Family Wellbeing: BBC Bitesize has a wealth of information in this helpful Parents' Toolkit
 
Click the link below to visit this post
 

Christmas Market

Our first Christmas Market was on Sunday 3rd December. Despite the wintery weather we had a lovely day. A  big thank you to the sellers and volunteers who made the day a success.!

Also a big "Well done" to two of our year 5 pupils who made and sold jewellery for charity. They raised a fantastic £112 which will be donated to McMillan and Shelter. 

Snowy Fun

So what do you do when you come to school on a snowy day? You go out and have as much fun as you can. Slipping, sliding and hot chocolate what more can you ask for? Even the teachers had a little fun.

Junior Leadership Team Meeting

 Today, the Junior Leadership Team took the time to complete a questionnaire sent to schools from the Children's Commissioner. If you would like to complete this with your child then please use the link below:

 

www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/thebigambition

Christmas Raffle

Our Christmas Raffle will be drawn on 18th December. Tonight the children will bring home an envelope containing 5 strips of raffle tickets (1 envelope per family).  Tickets cost £1 per strip. 

 If you wish to purchase the tickets, please retain one section of the strip and return the other half to school in the envelope with your payment.  Please write your child’s full name and class along the back of the strip returned to school.  We will be unable to allocate prizes to tickets which have no name marked on them. 

 Tickets must be returned to school by 17th December. If you would like to involve the whole family and require some extra tickets, please contact the School Office.

 If anyone has any donations for the raffle, we should be grateful if they could be sent into school as soon as possible.

On Thursday 23rd November at 2pm we will be holding our Christmas Coffee Afternoon. Can we please appeal for the following items

*Tombola/raffle prizes such as bottles, confectionary, gift sets,
toiletries, chocolate, sweets, gift vouchers etc.

*Children's tombola/raffle prizes (new items only) toys, craft sets,
games, puzzles, activity/stationery sets, etc

*Any bottled items for our bottle tombola.

*Boxes of Christmas crackers (child friendly) for Golden Cracker
game.

*Any spare tinsel.

Mystery Boxes

This year we would like to challenge the children to create Mystery Boxes for our Christmas Fair. Each child will bring home a box on Friday to fill with mystery treats.  This is always a very popular stall so we would like to have a large variety of boxes so that no child is disappointed.

We have shared examples of Mystery Boxes with the children in school. Examples of treats could be bouncy balls, small colouring pencils, craft items, stationery sets, small toys, sweets, bubbles, fidget toys etc. Please make sure that all items are new and all sweets are nut free.

Please make sure that your box is suitable for all children (unisex) and is suitable for their age group. Please note that the boxes will be sold for between £1 and £2.Can we ask that boxes are returned to school the week before the Christmas Fair which is on 26th November. We will send out a reminder closer to the date.

 Your continued support is always appreciated.

 

Durham Wildlife Trust Event!
 
We have been given an exciting opportunity to take part in a free talk and activity provided by Durham Wildlife Trust. This will take place on Thursday 16th November 4pm - 6pm in the school building. Please see attached leaflet for further information.
If you would like to take part in this, please scan the QR code on the leaflet to book your place.
National Wellbeing Award 2023
 
Some exciting news to share! Today, we received confirmation that we have achieved the National Wellbeing Award. The school has also gained the pioneer badge for its work to support staff and pupil wellbeing. A huge well done must go to Miss Merrin for her work on the award in implementing a range of initiatives across the school and bringing the evidence together for the assessment.

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OPAL

This year we are embarking on a very exciting journey with OPAL. This stands for Outdoor Play and Learning. To learn more about this scheme and to read our wish list for donations please click the link below.

 PTFA Family Quiz

Our first PTFA Family Quiz went down very well on Wednesday evening, with families competing to be the first ever recipients of the 'Champions Trophy!' Well done to team 'De Onoro' who totally smashed it!

 A huge thank you to everyone who helped out from setting up, serving snacks, making boat loads of delicious mushy peas,(Mr. Scott loved the green stuff so much he took enough home to feed a small army!) to marking sheets, tidying up to the families who competed, you all contributed to making the evening a success. !

Easy Fundraising

Cleadon Academy PTFA has signed up to easyfundraising, the UK’s biggest charity shopping site. Easyfundraising partners with over 7,000 brands who will donate part of what our supporters spend to the PTFA. This does not cost shoppers any extra as the cost is covered by the brand.

For more information and to support our PTFA, please follow the link below.

https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/cleadon-academy

Year 6 Visit the Firestation

Year 6 recently visited South Sheilds Fire Station to take part in a RAP event (Reducing Risks at Play). The event teaches the children about the major risks for this age group in a safe environment where they took part in various workshops related to this. All of the staff delivering the workshops commented on the children's enthusiasm and excellent behaviour. Well done Year 6!

Commando Joes

 In their Commando Joes session this week, 2X worked on their communication skills as they were tasked with guiding each other through an obstacle course whilst blindfolded. The children then worked brilliantly as a team to create a chain and reach the other side without breaking apart, giving instructions and motivating each other along the way.

New school dinner menu for Autumn 2023

Past Events / Information

Uniform Collection

Thanks you to everyone who donated their uniforms to the Key to Life Food Bank. 

House Treat 2023

Congratulations to the members of Angel of the North, they were the house treat winners!  As a reward for their hard work they  spent a lovely morning in the park!

Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits

The ancient city of Old Baghdad is in chaos. Whilst the bustling bazaar is overrun with ruthless robbers, up in the palace Sultan Pepper's precious princess and Royal Ruby have vanished! To make matters worse, it seems the poor Sultan cannot trust his own Vizier, Mustapha Widdle, nor his mischievous monkey Booboo. So when Ali Baba discovers the hidden Cave Of Wonders, secret hideout of Balthazar Bongo and his bumbling bandits, it's down to him to save the day.

Summer Challenge!

The School Council would like to set everyone a summer challenge (staff and children). Over the summer, our school Facebook page and website is usually a little quieter than normal. The School Council know that you will all be doing wonderful things over the Summer and would like to see what everyone is up to. Please send in a photograph of a special day / holiday / event / trip / family time or just something cool so that we can showcase these over the Summer. It would be really helpful to get some each week rather than 100’s in the last week. Please send photographs to Mr Scott on gscott@cleadonacademy.co.uk.

Summer Social

Our Summer Social will take place on Friday 14th July, 2.30-4.00pm. Despite the rain, last year’s event was a huge success and we think that our 2023 Summer Social can be even better, but we need your help.

Can we please ask for donations of:

• Tombola items – eg. sweets, toiletries, gift items, bottles
• New pocket money toys (for children’s tombola) eg stationery sets, yo-yos, fidget toys, skipping ropes, small craft kits, activity books, pound shop toys etc.
• Mini Haribo and lollies
• Packets of sweets
• Cakes (on the day of the event)

So, if you would like help by donating, volunteering (even for a short time) or just coming along to enjoy the afternoon, we would be most grateful for your support.

We look forward to seeing you on the day.

Reminder of School P.E Kit

The school PE Kit list is:

White t-shirt (no crop tops)
Navy or black shorts of a suitable length (no hot pants)
Navy or black tracksuit bottoms/navy or black sports leggings
Navy, grey or black tracksuit top/purple school hoodies
Suitable footwear

Key Stage 1 Young Leaders- Week 2

Yesterday, the young leaders met for their second session. After discussions last week, the group wanted to think about how they could support the local community and link with local residents. They invited Mrs Lawson in to discuss potential plans for an afternoon tea for the residents of Malvern Court. Mrs Lawson was very impressed with the group and their plans. The children worked together to make cakes as a test for their afternoon tea plan using freshly laid eggs donated by one of the children. Another excellent session, well done children!

Easy Fundraising

Cleadon Academy PTFA has signed up to easyfundraising, the UK’s biggest charity shopping site. Easyfundraising partners with over 7,000 brands who will donate part of what our supporters spend to the PTFA. This does not cost shoppers any extra as the cost is covered by the brand.

For more information and to support our PTFA, please follow the link below.

https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/cleadon-academy

Fundraise and Recycle

Our Recycling Bank has been so popular that we have had to add a second one! We have had lots of people asking what kinds of items are suitable for recycling. 

Year 6 Camping Event!
On Friday, a group of Year 6 children enjoyed the opportunity to stay in school over night. They had great fun completing a range of activities together both indoors and outdoors.
KS1 Young Leaders Award- Week 1
 
Last week, a group of Year 2 children began their leadership journey taking part in the KS1 Young Leaders Award. They worked as a group to discuss potential initiatives that they could work on to support the local community. The first task was based on supporting the school before helping the community. The children took part in a litter pick around the school site collecting a range of litter and depositing it in the bin. Miss Curry and Mr Scott were very impressed with their discussions and work around school. Well done young leaders!

Walk to School 2023

"Thank you to everyone who has taken part in this year's Walk To School Week! We have had some lovely photos shared by you and we hope you have enjoyed noticing the wildlife on your way to school each morning. "

Recycle and Fundraise

Good news everyone, we were the WINNER of the Easter clothes appeal campaign! And you know what that means, don’t you?  We have won an incredible prize, a free visit from the Ice Cream van and a free ice cream for every child!  We are incredibly proud of the amount of clothes that have been recycled and of  the funds raised so far.  It’s been a fantastic community effort. 

Careers Fair

We are hoping to organise a ‘Careers Fair’ for our Year 6 children as a means of broadening their knowledge of the various professions available to them as they continue on their educational journey. We believe that the event would also provide an incentive to the children to achieve their educational goals. Last year’s event was very successful with excellent feedback gained from all attendees.

We are looking for a range of professions to participate in this event. The Careers Fair would involve talking to small groups of children about your profession and the various roles that you undertake. We are hoping to create a ‘Market Place’ with stalls for the children to visit, speak to adults, take part in activities and hopefully view artefacts linked to your profession. The children would also ask questions about your professional role.

The Fair will take place on the morning of Wednesday 28th June.

If you would be interested in participating in the Careers Fair, then please complete the Survey Monkey link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/S8H7GNQ

Class Worship

Parents and carers are invited to join us for their child's Class Worship and a list of dates and times for the Summer Term are attached.

Key Stage 2 Worship begins at 9.05am and Key Stage 1 Worship begins at 10.45 am. We hope you are able to join us.

Thursday 27/04/2023 5X 9.05am
Thursday 27/04/2023 2X 10.45am
Thursday 04/05/2023 5Y 9.05am
Thursday 04/05/2023 2Y 10.45am
Thursday 18/05/2023 4X 9.05am
Thursday 18/05/2023 1X 10.45am
Thursday 25/05/2023 4Y 9.05am
Thursday 25/05/2023 1Y 10.45am
Thursday 15/06/2023 3X 9.05am
Thursday 15/06/2023 RX 10.45am
Thursday 22/06/2023 3Y 9.05am
Thursday 22/06/2023 RY 10.45am

Our Easter Eggshibition

This week everyone at school has had lots of fun decorating eggs. We have had some amazing designs and a variety of egg puns which have kept the teachers laughing all day. Mrs Lambert had the difficult task of choosing winners from each year group. 

Easter Raffle

Congratulations to our Easter Raffle winners. They were very happy with their bunnies! Thank you to everyone who took part, we raised £300 for school funds.

Easter Eco-Bank Appeal

We all enjoy a good Spring clean. Do you know that you can also raise funds for school at the same time? We are taking part in the Fundraise and Recycle Easter Clothes Appeal. Its really easy, just fill the bag with unwanted clothing and bring it back to school after the holidays. 

Our Ducks

This year we successfully hatched 4 adorable ducklings. The children loved watching them emerge from their eggs and grow into fluffy ducklings. They had quite an audience for their first swim!

Music is in the Air

We have had a very musical few weeks in school with Years 2 and 5 taking part in the Music Festival and Year 3 joining other North East Schools for the Spring Sing.

WDS Day

Yesterday, Tuesday 21st March 2023 was World Down Syndrome Day and to join in with this global awareness day, we asked the children to come in wearing brightly coloured socks or tights they certainly did that!

School Council go to London

On Friday 17th March the members of our School Council travelled to London to visit the Houses of Parliament. Click the photo below to view our adventures.

Mini-Medics
On Tuesday 14th March, Year 5 had a lovely afternoon learning some valuable First Aid skills as 'Mini Medics.' Some future Doctors, Nurses, first responders and definitely some Oscar worthy dramatic actors shone among us!

PTFA Bingo Night

On 2nd March we held our PTFA  Bingo Night for parents and children. Mrs West and Mrs Pearson were amazing as our bingo callers and everyone had a fantastic evening. We raised nearly £800 to contribute towards our Daily Mile Track. Huge thanks to all the families that attended and all the people who gave up their time to make this such a successful event.

Year 4 Dance

 

Year 4 Singing

Our Year 4 children have amazed us with their talent and enthusiasm during their Friday singing sessions.

Our Recommended Reads

We are very excited to launch our new book review page! Children can add a review to the page about any book they have read. This will also give children a chance to browse the reviews and discover new books they would like to read. We can't wait to find out what our children enjoy reading for pleasure! Click the book below to leave your review.

Year 4 had a wonderful time at their Christmas party this week.

KS2 Road Safety Talk
Yesterday, Julie from the Local Authority Road Safety team came to speak to us about keeping safe whilst crossing or walking near a road. She also shared how to keep safe when riding a bike including wearing an appropriately fitted helmet.

Year 4 Maya

In history Year 4 have been learning about Maya. They used the skills they learned in  design and technology to create these amazing temple models.

Breakfast with Santa

Over the past two days, we have held Breakfast with Santa which was very well attended. It was a joy to attend seeing the children’s faces light up when Santa walked into the dining room. The children were superbly behaved on both days enjoying their breakfast and Christmas activities waiting to meet Santa.

Poppy Appeal 2022
Today, we received a thank you email from the Poppy Appeal.
Your school in total raised £236.25 for the Poppy Appeal. This is a very good amount and thank you and your school for supporting the Poppy Appeal.
The 12 Days of Christmas
 
Following the huge success of last year’s 12 Days of Christmas collection, we would like to make a special effort to support our local foodbank this year, helping all families to be able to have a happy and joyful Christmas. For the first 12 school days of December (1st – 16th), our trolley will be outside ready to welcome your donations.
We will be collecting a variety of things this year on the following dates:
1st, 2nd & 5th- Nonperishable foods (e.g. tinned food, packet items, small Christmas treats etc.)
• 6th, 7th & 8th- Toiletries (toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, body wash etc.)
• 9th, 12th & 13th- Donations to support our furry friends (food, treats etc.)
• 14th, 15th & 16th- Toys and gifts

 

Metro Safety Worship
 
This week as part of our work on keeping ourselves safe, we had a special visitor from Nexus. Deborah taught us how to keep safe in our local area and how to travel safely on the Metro.
 

The Dentists Visit Reception 

Reception had two important visitors in school this week. Nurses came to teach us how to wash our hands properly to keep away nasty germs. They passed a ball around the class that was covered in glitter, this showed the children how easily germs can spread and how important it was to wash our hands. They also read a story about a dinosaur who didn't look after his teeth. They showed us how to clean our teeth and more importantly told us not to rinse once we had cleaned them. All the children received their own toothbrushes and toothpaste.

Back To School 2022

Air Ambulance

Today, we had two special visitors in school from The Great North Ambulance. Amanda and Miles lead Worship sharing the importance of their job and how we could help them. We look forward to fundraising for them in the future.

Tributes to Queen Elizabeth
On Thursday, two very kind volunteers delivered our book of tributes to Queen Elizabeth ll. They placed it at Green Park in London amongst all the beautiful flowers and heart felt messages.An official shared with them that all the tributes will be collected up and kept as the Royal family would like to read them.
In school we also have a dedicated Prayer Space so that the children can say prayers for Queen Elizabeth and her family.

That History Bloke

Year 3 had a brilliant with 'That History Bloke. ' We dressed up as Egyptians, worshiped Faro, embalmed a mummy, mummified ourselves and learnt how to play an ancient Egyptian game! It was an amazing experience for the children and staff.

What a Wonderful World

The children in EYFS have been learning to sign a new song.

Year 5 Computing

Year 5 have been learning how to programme in their Computing lesson. They have successfully connected a microcontroller to an LED and controlled it via the Crumble App!

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Bear

To celebrate the Queen's Jubilee the PTFA have sourced some Platinum Jubilee Bears that will be available to order at a cost of £7.50 each. The bear will be around 16cm in size and will come with a T-Shirt containing a commemorative logo and the Academy logo. If you would like to place an order, then please click on the bear below.

Year 2 First Aid

After learning about Florence Nightingale and her revolutionary new medical techniques, the Year 2 children got the opportunity to put their own skills into action.  At the First Aid Workshop,  the children enjoyed applying bandages to patients, discovered how blood pumps around the heart and learned the necessary steps to follow in an emergency.  All pupils participated in the Workshop with enthusiasm, commitment and care, gaining valuable first aid skills to help them cope in an emergency. 

Easter Raffle

A huge "Thank You" to everyone who took part in out Easter Raffle! Together you raised over £400!

Easter Raffle

Tickets for our Easter Raffle are now on sale at breaktimes at a cost of £1.

Great British School Spring Clean

The Eco Army have recently signed up to take part in 'The Great British Spring Clean' and pledged to collect as much litter as possible from our school grounds. They were so shocked to see how much litter was around when they looked closely! There's still time to take part and join the campaign to keep Britain tidy. A small amount of your time can have a huge impact on our planet!

Click the image below to see how busy our Eco Army have been.

Cross Country

On Friday afternoon, 24 children across Key Stage 2 attended the cross country competition at Temple Park. All children ran exceptionally well and it was a great team effort! Cleadon Academy were the overall winners! We are so proud of them!

Our Chicks

We are very pleased to say that all 7 of our eggs hatched. 

Science Week 2022

This week in school we will be taking part in British Science week. Click the link below to see what we have been up to.

Science Week! This week all of the children will be taking part in Science Week, they will be exploring, investigating and creating experiments. As the theme for this year is Growth we have been extremely lucky to have had some eggs delivered which we are going to be caring for and watching them hatch into chicks. Everyone is so excited! Click the picture of the incubator to visit our Science Week page to learn more about this EGG-citing project.

Our School Lottery

Did you know that we are running a School Lottery? You can join in from as little as £1 per week, and for every ticket you play, 76% goes to our school and prizes It’s not just open to parents, anyone over the age of 16 can join in. We would appreciate it if you would share this with your family and friends Each week someone in our school will win a prize, there is an opportunity to win £25,000  and there are regular extra monthly prize draws.

The tickets are paid for by Direct Debt so there is no need to worry about sending money into school. It really couldn’t be any easier. If you would like to join us in raising funds for school please click the link below and search for Cleadon.

Your School Lottery - Support a school & maybe even win big! - Your School Lottery

MP Visit

The School Council children had a special visitor on Friday 11th March. Kate Osborn MP came to visit our school to speak with the School Council about her life as a serving MP. The children learned all about what inspired Kate to follow her chosen career path and how she supports other MP's and her local community. The children were very excited to meet her and asked lots of interesting questions.

World Book Day 2022

 

We were very excited to celebrate World Book Day as a whole school this year. Each Key Stage chose a text to base their activities on and the children moved from classroom to classroom to complete each challenge. Over the last few years we have missed our parade of book characters so everyone was really happy to be able to meet in the Social Display area and show off our costumes.. 

Can you guess the names of the book characters from their photographs?

Eco Army Newsletter

Miss Fenwick, Miss Wales and the eco army have being busy this term and would like to share their first newsletter with you all.

Cleadon Owls

Cleadon Owls are now able to take bookings for the February half term holiday – Monday 21st to Friday 25th February and our in service day Monday 28th February.

Sessions are:

Full Day: 7:45am – 5:30pm - £30.00 (including lunch)

Half Day (AM): 7:45am – 12:30pm - £15.00 (not including lunch)

Half Day (PM): 12:30pm – 5:30pm - £15.00 (not including lunch)

If you wish to make a booking, please follow the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/KD9ZXSX

Please note, spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. The holiday club booking link will close on Thursday 10th February and any session requests beyond this date should be emailed to Miss McGeary at owls@cleadonacademy.co.uk

Our School Pets

We were introduced to our new school pets in Worship this morning. Tim and Jerry were adopted last week from a local pet shop. They are looking forward to meeting the children and having lots of cuddles, vegetable treats and attention.

Healthy Schools Award

Today, Mrs Pearson and the Year 5 school councillors attended a virtual award ceremony where we were presented with our plaque and certificate for achieving the Healthy Schools Award. This is testament to the hard work of staff and pupils in re-achieving the award.

The panel were very impressed with:

  • how well-being is at the heart of the school 
  • the school's outstanding Rainbow Flag work 
  • the promotion of active travel through the walking bus
  • staff modelling healthy behaviour to all stakeholders
  • how health education has parity with academic subjects across the school