🎉 Exciting News! Countesthorpe Academy on BBC Breakfast and CBBC Newsround! 🎉
We are thrilled to announce that Countesthorpe Academy was featured on BBC Breakfast last Saturday and CBBC Newsround this week! 📺✨
The spotlight was on our incredible new eSports arena and our pioneering eSports BTEC course. Our state-of-the-art arena is equipped with the latest technology, providing our students with an unparalleled gaming experience. The eSports BTEC course is designed to give students a comprehensive education in the world of competitive gaming, covering everything from game strategy to event management. 🎮🏆
A special highlight was the amusing story of Mrs. Coulson, who was mistaken for a professional eSports player! 😂 Her enthusiasm and dedication to the eSports program have truly inspired us all.
We are immensely proud of our students who participate in the eSports course and those who attend the eSports club. Their passion and commitment are what make our program so successful. 🌟
A huge thank you to all the staff and students at Countesthorpe Academy who took part in making this possible. Your hard work and dedication are greatly appreciated. 🙌👏
Stay tuned for more exciting updates from Countesthorpe Academy! 🚀
Watch the report on TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@bbcnewsround/video/7462786484223872288
BBC Radio article – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8y93eynvvo
Watch BBC Breakfast discussion about the benefits of eSports in Education – https://x.com/BBCBreakfast/status/1880608823024452035
#CountesthorpeAcademy #eSports #BBCBreakfast #CBBCNewsround #ProudToBeCountesthorpe
Here is the lunch menu for W/C 20th January 2025🍽🧃🥪🍉🍩😋
🎭✨ Get Ready for the Show of the Year – GREASE! ✨🎭
Our incredible performance staff and talented students have been working tirelessly over the past few months to bring this iconic musical to life. Now, the stage is set, and we’re thrilled to invite parents and staff to experience the magic of our school production of GREASE!
📅 Dates: Monday 3rd – Wednesday 5th February 2025, 6.30pm!
🎟️ Tickets: £5.00 each, available now via Parent Pay
Don’t miss this unforgettable event filled with music, dancing, and energy! Seats are limited, so grab your tickets before they’re gone.
📧 For ticket and general enquiries: Email us at showden@clcc.college
Let’s make this an unforgettable celebration of talent and teamwork! See you there! 🎶💃🕺
Friday 17th January, our first Hot Choc Friday of the 2025! ☕☕
Students who were nominated by their teachers for achieving success, showing resilience or just being a fantastic, respectful student, were rewarded with a special hot chocolate breakfast with Mr Thurston!
Well done to all of the students who were nominated – they are all fantastic, amazing young people! ☕⭐
At Countesthorpe Academy and Hive Sixth Form, we’re committed to inspiring the future leaders, innovators, and changemakers of tomorrow. 🚀
Our Aspire Programme for our most able students in Years 10-13 brings guest speakers from a variety of exciting industries right to our students! From todays discussions led by Rev’d Cameron sharing the power of a fulfilling career aspiration to David Gordon, a university lecturer at De Montfort University sharing stories of opening doors to higher education and more, these sessions are designed to ignite ambition and encourage students to dream big about their future. ✨
💡 Who will inspire you next?
Join us as we explore diverse career paths, personal journeys, and the endless possibilities ahead!
Look out for details of our next speaker and also news of our trip to Oxford University later this month.
Countesthorpe Aspire programme encourages students to aim high and achieve their goals. 💪
Here is the lunch menu for W/C 13th January 2025🍽🧃🥪🍉🍩😋
Please be reminded that we will close early on Thursday 16th January 2025 at 2pm.
Buses will depart at 2:10pm.
We will have six lessons as normal, with each lesson being slightly shorter than normal to allow for the early finish, meaning that your child will have the same timetabled lessons for that day.
More information about this early closure can be found on this letter – https://tinyurl.com/39ykr3du
Here is the lunch menu for W/C 7th January 2025🍽🧃🥪🍉🍩😋
WE ARE OPEN TUES 7th JAN 2025
Despite the recent inclement weather, enough roads into Countesthorpe and to our school are passable meaning that we will be open to all students on Tuesday 7th January 2025 as normal.
I understand that some public transport may have difficulty in reaching our school such as the 85 bus from South Wigston to Countesthorpe. We would ask that students travelling to school using public transport make every safe effort to do so, but if they are unable to reach school please report your child’s absence from school in the normal way.
Confidence bus – We have not received any communications to say the confidence bus services are not running so we presume that they are running as normal.
Extra Curricular Activities – all extra curricular activities have been cancelled for Tuesday 7th January 2025.
If for whatever reason your child is unable to attend school you must call and report your child’s absence in the usual way.
As you will no doubt be aware Countesthorpe and the surrounding villages have experienced some exceptional flooding resulting in restricted access to and from Countesthorpe.
While a number of roads appear to now be passable, many of the arterial routes to Countesthorpe are still flooded.
The situation does appear to be improving, however as this is still a fast moving situation, we will make an announcement on ***Tuesday 7th January 2025 at 7:00am*** via Email/SMS/Social Media as to whether the school is OPEN or CLOSED.
Finally, to all those people and families who have been deeply affected by the floods today, you are in our thoughts, and please contact us if there is anything we can do to help.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Aitcheson
Headteacher