Welcome to
Evolve Academy
On behalf of our staff and pupils, I would like to warmly welcome you to Evolve Academy’s website. Evolve Academy is a well-established alternative provision in Wakefield, specialising in supporting KS2 and 3 pupils with SEMH needs.
At Evolve Academy, we believe that all pupils deserve the opportunity to be supported in their re-engagement with learning and school life through a stimulating, safe and welcoming environment where the curriculum is personalised to meet the differing needs and interests of all our pupils. Our staff pride themselves on offering a nurture-based approach and educational offer that supports pupils and their families to ensure they achieve positive outcomes and are ready to move on to further success in their next educational setting.
Our website offers key information about our policies and practice to all stakeholders and provides the opportunity to keep everyone informed of our latest news, events and successes.
Evolve Academy is part of Ethos Academy Trust. Graham Dewhirst is our Trust Board Chair. For more information about the Trust, including details of governance arrangements, please click on the Governance link below. (Trust contact number 01924-478482).
We look forward to hearing from you.
Matthew Long
Headteacher
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Latest News
This weeks Time's table rockstar's tournament across KS2 and KS3 ended with a whopping 1,850 points to the winner!
Let's keep up the great work and continue showcasing our multiplication skills.
#maths #competition #ICT
Student's have been demonstrating strong cooking skills by confidently preparing dishes using a variety of spices and ingredients. They showed an understanding of flavor combinations and applied appropriate techniques throughout the cooking process.
#fosteringaloveforfood
Some of our KS2 student's have been showing how to make multiples of 2 using concrete materials, and then showing it on whiteboard in abstract form.
We have been focusing on the use of manipulatives across school and how these can support hands on learning in the classroom.
Amazon donated Roald Dahl books for our pupils at Evolve.
They have donated £1500 to support in purchasing some benches for our outside area and we are working collaboratively to improve our outdoor facilities at Evolve.
Thank you Amazon.
This week some of our KS3 student's have been focusing on new vocabulary linking to our core text 'The boy in striped Pyjamas'.
We looked at the definitions, and how we can apply them into everyday use.
In English this morning we have been using our online digital literacy platform @BedrockLearning to support our grammar and vocabulary understanding by accessing a range of different fictional texts.
#onlinelearning #reading
Some student's have been looking into classical fairy tales during English this term.
We have been focusing on sequencing the story ' Little Red Riding Hood' from beginning to end, and working on our main character descriptions. This lesson we focused on the big bad wolf.
This week student's in KS2 have been using their practical skills to trim and shape the wood to use for different purposes.
#handsonlearning









