Last month we launched our 1,000 Can Challenge with the intention of collecting 1,000 cans of food to donate to our local food bank and we are delighted to announce that we exceeded it with a total of 1,048 cans!

On November 11th we held our annual Remembrance Service in school to pay tribute to the many thousands of people who have lost their lives in war.

This year, despite taking delivery of our usual stock of Remembrance Day poppies, we are proud to say that we sold the entire supply in under an hour thanks to our amazing students who flocked to buy them!

Year10 students have recently taken part in our annual Safety Carousel event, which was attended by representatives from Durham County Council and the Police Force.

King James I Academy recently brought World War II history to life in an intergenerational event involving senior citizens from the local community, primary school pupils from Crook Primary and students in Years 8-13 from the Academy.

Here at King James I Academy, we are celebrating our first term back with an award for 100% attendance success for the month of September.

In our Library, Year 5 Primary School pupils from Crook Primary have been taking part in the King James Book Awards, which is part of our Primary School Education Challenge Zone.

Two of our Sixth Form RE students, Amelia C and Rebecca H, have taken part in the ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ project as part of their studies.

Four members of The Young Americans Performing Arts Group, accompanied by their Tour Manager, have travelled all the way from the USA to visit King James to meet the staff and students they will be working with in February.

A grand total of 646 visitors joined us this year at our annual Year 6 Open Evening event this month. As is usual, families were able to take a tour, enjoy a wide variety of fun learning activities in school, and meet our staff and students.