Ruskin is celebrating its best ever attainment at A level and level 3 vocational courses. At A level the overall pass rate was 100%, with very nearly three quarters at A*-C. The average grade in vocational BTEC courses is the top, Distinction*.
It has been another exciting term at Ruskin. Please click here to find out more from our newsletter.
After what has been another incredible year for staff, students and parents at Ruskin, here's a little video to celebrate the end of the academic year! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbA2eqc9ILs
Over two hundred Year 6 students, who have successfully secured a place to join the Ruskin family in Year 7 from September, joined us for a jam-packed transition day yesterday (4th July). The day started with a welcome assembly from Ms Wyles, with students then joining their form group for a tour of the Academy and to spend some time getting to know the new faces they will be spending, we are sure, seven very happy years with! Students filled out their ‘Ruskin leaves’ on which they detail their aspiration and dreams for the future, these will be revisited at various points during their years with us as we see them grow and flourish.
On Friday 30th June Ruskin's Year 11 Prom was held at Belton Woods Hotel. It was a wonderful sight to see the students arrive; vintage cars, a Ferrari and a VW camper van were amongst the different modes of transport! A huge well done to Sam Collens and Holly Davies who were crowned Prom King and Queen.
The Ruskin Open Day held on Thursday 29th June was the busiest to date, with record numbers of parents and students attending. Thank you to everyone who attended and, of course, to our wonderful student and staff body who set up some fantastic classroom activities and conducted informative tours around our state-of-the-art facilities.
On Friday 23rd June, Year 11 students from The Priory Ruskin Academy went to the Drill Hall in Lincoln to showcase their GCSE Product Design Coursework at the Design Academy Awards. The students’ design brief had been to design and make sportswear for a variety of different sports and activities including rock-climbing, mountain biking, dance, swimming, basketball, horse-riding and netball. Their effort and determination were rewarded on the night, winning the Best Collection and Best Sketchbook awards.
A knight meticulously created by Ruskin students will feature in the “Lincoln Knights’ Trail 2017”, celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Battle of Lincoln.
The winning design, following a hotly contested house competition, was submitted by Fausta Trimakaite in Year 7. Fausta has worked hard as part of a small team to produce the finished outcome which we all think looks amazing.
A huge well done to those Ruskin students who completed their Bronze DofE Expedition over the weekend. Despite having to endure the hottest temperatures of the year so far, they showed true Ruskin spirit and continued on with utter commitment and smiles on their faces.
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Is your child interested in joining the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme at Ruskin? Then please come to the information evening on the 7th June 2017 at 6pm in the Great Hall.
The Priory Ruskin Academy hosted the Grantham heats of the Rotary’s 2017 SlamJam competition on Tuesday 16th May. SlamJam is a performance based writing competition for secondary school students. Choosing to write a poem, a story or a dramatic monologue, students consider the effect they want to have on an audience, and craft their writing accordingly. There are few rules…performances must last no more than 3 minutes; and no costumes or props are allowed. It is all about the quality of the writing, and of the performance. The process is ultimately competitive, but the journey is about the enjoyment of creative writing, and sharing it with an audience.