CEO Blog

• Community Makes Us and the unity in community is key. – 18 October 2021

  Mon 18 Oct 2021

  This week our community is coming together for Activate Week. Getting active is a great way to make you feel positive and upbeat, and keep you fit and healthy. Our family of schools are taking part in this great initiative so that we can all keep fit and healthy, and to try to reduce traffic congestion in our community, and subsequently reduce pollution if we can reduce the amount of cars/traffic on our streets. There are lots of different activities being undertaken across our family of schools ranging from croquet to cricket, football to fitness classes, basketball to badminton and much more besides. There really is something for everyone. Many of our young people will also receive a special skills passport to track their success. As the saying goes “healthy body, healthy mind”. A bit of physical exercise really helps to get the oxygen flowing and release the feel good endorphins. So let’s all do what we can to get active this week, and maybe phone a friend to meet up for a walk, or park that little bit further away at the supermarket. Exercising with a friend is a great way to keep fit and keep in touch with others. Across our whole community the values of kindness and friendship can never be underestimated.

  

• Celebrating our culture, diversity and heritage in Batley. – 11 October 2021

  Mon 11 Oct 2021

  On Friday young people from one of our secondary schools were delighted to showcase their art work and creative talents at Batley Train Station, when they unveiled their creations to our MP, Kim Leadbeater, and local councillors and other dignitaries. A group of talented year 8 artists from Upper Batley High School worked closely with local artist Emmeline North on her installation work “The Joy Project”. 26 individual and bespoke door and window panels have been designed to represent the history, heritage and culture of our wonderful town. This artwork represents the start of a new town trail where further artworks and murals will be unveiled over the coming months for everyone to enjoy. There will also be an app everyone can download to tell the story of Batley’s history via these vibrant artworks.

   

  Our family of schools are proud of our artistic talents, which are celebrated and developed via our successful annual Changes Project, and through creative collaborations such as this one with local artists and Creative Scene. At Batley Multi Academy Trust we talk about Batley being famous for beds, biscuits and brilliant education. This superb work showcased across our community is evidence of that talent and success. As scientist Albert Einstein once famously said “Creativity is intelligence having fun”.

  

• Be the very best version of yourself. – 4 October 2021

  Mon 04 Oct 2021

  Across our family of schools our staff teams work hard to ensure all our young people receive a great education, and high quality pastoral care, guidance and support. Our mantra to our staff teams is always be the very best version of yourself, and we ask our young people to do the same. Since we returned to school this term we have held lots of staff training events, our Parents’ Forum groups have recommenced, and our community is working hard together to deliver a great education for all. We hope you enjoyed reading the first edition of our new Trust newsletter “The Batley Buzz” which showcases the great work being undertaken in each of our schools. There will be a new edition every month.

   

  This Sunday is World Mental Health Awareness day and at Batley Multi Academy Trust we take our young people’s emotional health and wellbeing seriously on that day, and every day. Our family of schools offer a wide range of clubs, activities and curriculum enrichment opportunities. These have never been more important than now for our children to grow and to develop skills such as resilience, problem-solving, social interaction and leadership. There really is something for everyone.