Over the past two weeks, All Saints' Academy teachers have been working with students and staff from The Catholic School of St. Gregory the Great on a Science teaching project. We jointly planned a lesson to be taught at St. Greg’s about the properties of materials and then hosted the Year 5 students back here at ASA…
Today was the first meeting for our upcoming production of 'Little Shop of Horrors'. There was a tremendous turn out with over 75 students coming along to find out more about what role they can take on for the production. The performing arts department has gone from strength to strength over the past year ending…
At All Saints’ Academy’s ‘Promise of Christmas’ event on 16th December, the Academy Choir showcased their talent, singing a range of songs from the 16th Century Latin “Gaudete” to the 20th century “Christmas Blessing” of Philip Stowfield. In the 18 months since the choir started the now 45 strong student choir are really starting to…
Students and staff at All Saint’ Academy lovingly crafted hampers in tutor groups for the fourth year running to donate to the YMCA this Christmas. Two minibuses & two cars transported forty-two hampers to the Cheltenham YMCA accompanied by six of our Sixth Form students on 15th December. The YMCA residents kindly presented our students…
On 11th December at St Gregory’s Church, Cheltenham, the choir of All Saints’ Academy had the privilege of sharing the stage with Tenors Unlimited and the Mandar Hall Academy of Performing Arts. Tenors Unlimited have for more than 10 years entertained audiences throughout the world and are proud to have secured worldwide distribution for their current album 'Viva…
One of the most important evenings for Year 12 students is when they collect their examination certificates; these represent all the hard work and effort put in by students, teachers and parents over the years and particularly in the build up to the examination period. It was fantastic to see members of the cohort returning to…
At this years’ Shakespeare School Festival All Saints' Academy were proud to present their largest cast ever with 24 outstanding students taking to the stage in a performance of Merchant of Venice. The company worked tirelessly over 5 short weeks producing a performance that was playful, witty and original. Under the direction of Rachel Burton,…
On Friday 15th October we ventured out to the Heart Radio studios in Gloucester to get an insight of what goes on and how it all works. On arrival we met Ellis, she took us through the offices to the studio, allowing us to see the job roles of employees and what happens behind the…
On Wednesday 14th October we saw the first of this year’s L4L (Learning 4 Living ) days take place at All Saints’. Normal lessons were put to one side and, instead, a whole range of learning opportunities took place – involving all students and staff. Activities ranged from the Army working with Year 10 in team building activities…
Students that took part in the Cheltenham Festival’s First Story project had the opportunity to read their published poems at this year’s Cheltenham Literature Festival on Friday 10th October. Megan Roberts, Jessica Knight, Bethany Halford and Katie Cotton-Betteridge all did the school incredibly proud. Our students performed alongside a few other schools who had also…