Latest news from Central Academy

Three boys from Central Academy with their electric-powered train models at the Primary Engineer event in Killingworth.

Primary Engineer competition success

Six lucky Central Academy pupils visited Killingworth Lakeside Centre yesterday along with seven children from Bothal Academy to showcase their fantastic train projects at the Primary Engineer competition. Over the last two terms, the children have been busy designing and creating shoebox trains as well as trains powered by electrical circuits. They were interviewed by engineers from Northern Rail and tested their trains based on the distance they travel, how straight they travel and how far they can travel with additional carriages. We are very proud that one of our pupils won Best Theme for their amazing space-themed creation! A huge well done to everyone involved for their hard work, creativity, and brilliant engineering skills.

Year 4 children making Mother's Day cards at Ashington Library.

Crafty children book library trip

Year 4 had a fantastic trip to the library this week, where they learned how to sign up for their own library cards and explored the wide range of books available to borrow. It was wonderful to see their excitement about reading and discovering new stories. Afterwards, the children got creative by making beautiful Mother’s Day cards and crafting colourful origami butterflies. A lovely afternoon full of learning, creativity and thoughtful gestures.

Children show off their new library cards.

New members receive library cards

Meanwhile Ashington's newest library members were proud to receive their library cards in assembly this week. They were presented by one of the librarians who had welcomed each year into the library over the past four weeks. Happy reading everyone!

Three children excitedly choose books at the Book Fair.

Book fair a big draw

And our Scholastic Book Fair has been a big draw this week, attracting young bookworms after school on Monday and Thursday plus every lunchtime during the week at the upper site and after school on Thursday at the lower site.

Going Green challenge

2NM used their speaking, listening and problem-solving skills to complete the 'Going Green' Skills Builder challenge. They created mascots, posters and badges to promote environmentally friendly choices which could help save our planet.

Two Reception children with watering cans in the garden.

Getting ready to grow

This week Reception have been enjoying spending time outdoors as we prepare our garden for planting. The children have been busy laying cardboard and soil to get our garden beds ready for seeds. They have loved helping with the preparation, and we’re all looking forward to planting soon and watching our garden begin to grow!

Model behaviour at Lego club

We saw model behaviour by Year 2 pupils this week at the popular after-school Lego club!

Four Year 2 children with two construction industry guests in front of a screen with safety messages

Building knowledge about the construction industry

This week Year 2 made some new friends in the construction industry. They came to teach us about the opportunities on but also the dangers of construction sites. We listened so well that they've asked for our help in designing safety posters to be used on a real life building site. We'll keep you posted on how we get on!

Two boys looking at a caterpillar in a jar

Monitoring a metamorphosis

Children in Nursery have had a special delivery of some caterpillars and are very excited to watch them turning into butterflies!

A colourful display showing cut-out characters of children

Enjoying equality education

Year 2 have been enjoying learning about equality and what makes us different but still equal.

Six children with a tower of blocks taller than the whiteboard

2TM measure up well

2TM have been exploring height and length. The children were split into two teams and were given challenges to find things taller or longer than their given object. Then for the final challenge they had to work as a team to build a tower that was taller than Miss Mence’s whiteboard.

Paper planes

Ever wondered how a tiny fold can change a flight? We kicked off Science Week by taking one simple paper airplane and remixing it—bigger wings, skinnier bodies, wider frames—to find the design that flies the farthest. The exercise reinforced experimental design, hypothesis testing and hands-on problem solving.

Career of the week

Tying in to Science Week our career of the week is astronomer.

Weekly skills challenge

The linked essential skill this week is problem solving.

Term dates for next year

New contact details

Following our move to WISE Academies, the new main email address for parents is central@wiseacademies.co.uk.

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High Market
Ashington
Northumberland
NE63 8NT
United Kingdom