Friday 17 May 2013
Kiwi DNA

Year 11 S2 class carried out an investigation to extract the DNA from kiwi fruit.

Friday 17 May 2013
Rubber Band Cars

A year 7 Hercules science class recenty made a 'rubber band car'. The idea is that the students…

Thursday 16 May 2013
Volcanoes

STEM group today made wax model volcano's to illustrate many of the processes that occur in…

Wednesday 15 May 2013
Quiz Night!

On Tuesday 21st May the Maths Department will be hosting a quiz night for year 11 students…

Wednesday 15 May 2013
Students vs Mrs Gunn

The final week of term 4 saw 17 students across the colleges take part in a sponsored mile…

Wednesday 15 May 2013
Yu-Gi-Oh!

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card is a Japanese collectible card game developed and published by Konami.…

Wednesday 15 May 2013
STEM Masks

In a recent after school STEM session we started to look at how science is used in the multi…

Tuesday 14 May 2013
Business Studies Event

Year 13 BTEC Business Studies recently completed Unit 18 Managing a Business Event. The assignment…

Friday 10 May 2013
Year 11B vs Brompton

After good performances against Robert Napier and Greenacre, Year 11B played their first home…

Tuesday 07 May 2013
6th Form Photography

Students of A Level Photography continue to explore a wide variety of subjects...

Friday 03 May 2013
Apprentice Meets Dragons Den

The Apprentice meets Dragons workshop was designed to inspire year 12 Business students to…

Friday 03 May 2013
Lunch with the Bishop

On Friday 19th April, the Bishop of Rochester came to visit Strood Academy. As well as having…

Friday 03 May 2013
History Comes to Life!

A piece of pottery was kindly donated to the Academy by the grandparents of Molly T in year…

Thursday 02 May 2013
Race For Life

On Sunday 19th May at Rochester Castle, Years 10, 11 and 6th form girls will be taking part…

Tuesday 30 April 2013
6th Form Maths

Our 6th Form Mathematics Ambassador, Darren, has organised revision sessions for the GCSE retake…

Tuesday 30 April 2013
Football Matches at Brompton

On Thursday 28th March the Year 10 Football team travelled to Brompton Academy to compete in…

Monday 29 April 2013
Hercules Thorpe Park Trip

On a bright cold day we ventured off to Thorpe Park with 144 students.

Sunday 28 April 2013
Bormio Ski Trip

On 29th March, 15 students were fortunate enough to attend the second skiing trip, since the…

Thursday 25 April 2013
Ypres Trip

On Friday 19th April, the students from the Academy took part in what is becoming an annual…

Thursday 25 April 2013
Hercules Year 11 Assembly

The Hercules team met with our Year 11 students to celebrate and praise their achievement and…

Wednesday 24 April 2013
Hercules College St George’s Day

A number of students dressed in their Army cadet uniform as part of St George's Day.

Wednesday 24 April 2013
Fire of London

In term four year seven Trafalgar students investigated the cause and aftermath of the Fire…

Monday 22 April 2013
Year 11 Prom

The Year 11 Prom is taking place on 14 June at the Corn Exchange.

Wednesday 17 April 2013
Sixth Form Football vs. Greenacre

A mixture of Year 12 and 13 students played in their first game of the season against Greenacre…

Tuesday 16 April 2013
BTEC HOSPITALITY World Food Event

On March 26th we cooked our planned World Foods after a long wait because of the snow two weeks…

Monday 15 April 2013
Year 10 Work Experience

Year 10 students undertook their work experience placements during the last two weeks before…

Thursday 28 March 2013
Rugby against BORA!

Strood Academy Rugby Report 20th March 2013 vs Bishop of Rochester, 20 March.

Wednesday 27 March 2013
High School Musical II

Our first Year 13 main show was an ambitious project and a huge success!

Tuesday 26 March 2013
Year 7 Databases

The Year 7’s have been looking at how useful databases are. They were surprised to find out…

Tuesday 26 March 2013
Hercules PBL Day

On Friday, Year 11 girls from Hercules took part in an eco friendly PBL day and designed their…

Monday 25 March 2013
Year 7 and 8 Intercollege Netball and Football final

On Thursday 21st March during periods 1 and 2, the colleges went head to head for the first…

Monday 25 March 2013
Technology Challenge

During National Science and Engineering Week selected students from years 7 to 9 took part…

Sunday 24 March 2013
Year 7 Parliament Visit

20 year 7 students attended a visit to Parliament after receiving an invitation from our local…

Saturday 23 March 2013
Big Bang

On Thursday 14th March over 70 year 7’s went on a trip to The Big Bang UK Young Scientist…

Friday 22 March 2013
Humanities Gifted & Talented

At the end of a school day on Tuesday 19th March a group of year seven and eight pupils attended…

Friday 22 March 2013
Maths Challenge

The UKMT Individual Maths Challenges are lively, intriguing multiple choice question papers,…

Thursday 21 March 2013
BBC School Report News Day 2013

Did you know that recycling a single glass bottle can power a computer for 25 minutes?

Tuesday 19 March 2013
Primary School Athletics 2013

As part of the year 12 BTEC course, once again the annual Primary School athletics event was…

Monday 18 March 2013
Neutralising Year 7

Miss Lindsay's year 7's have been looking at neutralisation.

Friday 15 March 2013
Hercules Red Nose Cream Pie

Hercules College has been raising money for Comic Relief by a cream pie competition.

Friday 15 March 2013
Victory College Red Nose Day 5 A Side Football

After school on Thursday approximately 60 Victory students took part in friendly football matches…

Friday 15 March 2013
PBL Day 15 March

Today is our second project based learning day of this academic year, and the atmosphere throughout…

Thursday 14 March 2013
Year 8 Poetry

8tEn3 students recently created some tasty poems!

Thursday 14 March 2013
Victory College yr 11 Study Support Breakfast

On the first day back in term 4, Victory College year 11 students were welcomed with a special…

Wednesday 13 March 2013
French Film Club

Film club had an international feel last week as the first French film club had its premiere.

Tuesday 12 March 2013
Great Year 10 Football Result

On Thursday 28 February the Year 10 Football team travelled to Brompton Academy to compete…

Tuesday 12 March 2013
Hercules Form Time

Due to the snow this morning we had an extended form time, which was used by Hercules staff…

Monday 11 March 2013
Move it!

On Friday the Year 12 and 13 Performing Arts and Dance groups went to London Olympia to "Move…

Sunday 10 March 2013
Princes Trust XL

Congratulations to some of the Year 11 Princes Trust XL Club who have recently been successful…

Saturday 09 March 2013
Lessons In Law!

Since opening the Academy, PC Ling has visited the Citizenship Department every year to deliver…

Saturday 09 March 2013
New York Day 4

After two days of snow, today has been a gloriously sunny day and a great end to our trip!

Saturday 09 March 2013
New York Day 3

Today we woke up to heavy snowfall, which continued to fall for most of the afternoon.

Thursday 07 March 2013
New York Day 2

After a good sleep, we woke up to snow in the air today!

Thursday 07 March 2013
First Aid!

On Tuesday 5th March a group of Level 3 Health and Social Care students took part in a first…

Thursday 07 March 2013
New York Day 1

Today is the first day of our third 6th form trip to New York City, and the 6th form are having…

Monday 04 March 2013
Victory College Charity Visit

Victory College Council have visited the college's chosen charity, the RSPCA Centre at Leybourne.

Monday 04 March 2013
Disneyland 2013

In early February a group of year 9, 10 and 11 performing arts students went to Disneyland…

Saturday 02 March 2013
Year 11 Teach Citizenship

Since September all year 11 students have been working hard to complete activities for their…

Friday 01 March 2013
Year 8 Study Physics at University

On 1 March 2013, our year 8 Physics students spent a day at the University of Kent taking place…

Wednesday 27 February 2013
Phoenix Graduation

We are delighted to announce that four of the Phoenix students have now successfully completed…

Wednesday 27 February 2013
Data Analysis Across Subjects

Year 10 vocational students currently developing their Excel spreadsheet skills have been using…

Monday 25 February 2013
Year 10 and 11 Independent Thinkers

Year 10 and 11 students have spent the day with Dave Keeling from Independent Thinking.

Friday 22 February 2013
Year 11 Performing Arts Show

Our year 11 Performing Arts students performed a show on 13 February to a capacity audience.

Friday 15 February 2013
Half Term Study Sessions

We are pleased to confirm that we are able to offer study support sessions over the February…

Friday 15 February 2013
Year 8 Netball vs. Rochester Grammar

The year 8’s had their first fixture of the academic year on Tuesday 12th February.

Friday 15 February 2013
Princes Trust Celebration

On Thursday 14th February, some of the Year 11 Princes Trust group travelled to Kempton Racecourse,…

Friday 15 February 2013
Mr Hart Speaks at House of Lords Reception

Richard Hart, Principal of Strood Academy, was amongst speakers at a celebration to mark the…

Thursday 14 February 2013
Crest Awards

After school on Wednesdays there is a gifted and talented club. The club is open to all years,…

Tuesday 12 February 2013
Year 7 and 8 Inter-form competitions

The brand new sports courts were opened in fantastic style last week, with the commencement…

Tuesday 12 February 2013
French Food Tasting

Our MFL lessons have taken a new flavour as students tried new foods in class.

Sunday 10 February 2013
Basketball Tournament

On Tuesday 29th January, the combined Year 9 and 10 Basketball team had the opportunity to…

Thursday 31 January 2013
Winning Recipe!

Following the mass production of each teams’ cupcake design, both year 9 Food Technology…

Monday 28 January 2013
The Author Returns

Award winning author Tony Lee visited Strood Academy and worked with some of our pupils.

Friday 25 January 2013
Food Technology Mass (Batch) Production.

This week Year 9 Food Technology students experienced first hand, mass production in their…

Thursday 24 January 2013
BBC Report: Role Models

School Reporters around the UK are busy reporting on School Report's third Practice News Day…

Thursday 24 January 2013
Off To Hogwarts!

On Saturday 12th January, students from Trafalgar College took part in a school transfer to…

Wednesday 23 January 2013
Yr7 Game Programming

In ICT lessons year 7 students are learning how to use scratch software. This software as well…

Sunday 20 January 2013
Yr 8 Gaming Market Research

Yr 8 Gaming Market Research using creative thinking and literacy skills

Saturday 19 January 2013
SUMO – Change your T Shirt

During term 2 Victory College students have learnt how to take responsibility for their own…

Friday 18 January 2013
Year 7 and 8 Basketball Tournament

A combined Year 7 and 8 basketball team travelled to the fantastic facilities at Medway Park…

Monday 14 January 2013
Year 12 BTEC Art

Our year 12 BTEC Art students have just completed their first unit of work.

Thursday 10 January 2013
Pizza Plenary

Year 11 GCSE Business Students were invited to an after school Super Learning Session on Tuesday…

Monday 07 January 2013
Term 3 Sports Clubs

Term 3 sees the introduction of some fantastic new sports clubs and the continuation of the…

Friday 21 December 2012
Christmas Quiz

On the last day of term, the 6th form and year 11 both enjoyed a "Christmas quiz" in the hall.

Friday 21 December 2012
Snowman Poem

One of our year 8 students has produced a lovely poem, which his English teacher has asked…

Wednesday 19 December 2012
Yule Logs

Year 10 Jamie Oliver Cooking skills group practiced their weighing, measuring and decorating…

Tuesday 18 December 2012
Zandra Rhodes Opening Ceremony

World famous fashion designer Zandra Rhodes was the special guest of honour at Strood Academy’s…

Tuesday 18 December 2012
Winter Wonderland (or Singing in the Rain)?

On a very wet Friday morning, a group of year 12 students studying Business and Travel and…

Monday 17 December 2012
ICT Students Enjoy the Portal Quiz Feature

Year 9 Vocational ICT students had the opportunity to use a new feature of the portal and test…

Thursday 13 December 2012
6th Form Performing Arts Show

Wednesday 12 December 2012
Millionaire Style Christmas

Year 9 Travel and Tourism students tested their peers’ powers of observation through the…

Friday 07 December 2012
Presentation Evening 2012

On 6 December 2012 we held our first presentation evening.

Friday 07 December 2012
Christmas Fayre

On Friday 7 December, senior 6th form students transformed the 6th form area into a Christmas…

Friday 07 December 2012
Engineering Club 2012

The engineering club has reformed after the summer break to continue on their ultimate goal…

Monday 03 December 2012
Sweet Charity

To round off "Movember", enterprise students from years 7 and 8 cooked a delectable batch of…

Friday 30 November 2012
Character Make Up

This week the year 11 BTEC performing arts groups have been learning how to apply face paints…

Thursday 29 November 2012
Drawings Coming To Life

Our 6th form BTEC Art students visited UCA, our lead sponsor, to attend a workshop with one…

Wednesday 28 November 2012
Amazing Community Generosity

On Wednesday 28th November 2012, a van from the charity Samaritans Purse arrived to collect…

Monday 26 November 2012
Hercules PBL November 2012

During PBL Day students designed and created either bird inspired masks or head pieces (fascinators).

Monday 26 November 2012
The Dark Side Of Year 8

Year 8 pupils have been reading Tom Becker's Darkside and learning about the Gothic genre.

Monday 26 November 2012
Enterprise Logo Competion

A competition to discover an inspiring logo for Strood Academy's Specialism of Enterprise was…

Monday 26 November 2012
8T History With Thinking Hats

8T History has been studying the Triangular Trade and its affects, and used the Six Thinking…

Sunday 25 November 2012
Year 11 Boy’s Astrodome

Year 11 boys enjoyed a visit from the Astrodome which supported their KS4 Physics curriculum.

Wednesday 21 November 2012
Hercules Ice Skating Trip

On Wednesday 14th November, Year 7 and 8 from Hercules College went to the Ice Bowl in Gillingham…

Monday 19 November 2012
6th Form Public Services Army Trip

On Monday 12th November the level 2 and 3 Public Services sixth form groups went to Sir John…

Friday 16 November 2012
Cliffe Woods Astrodome Experience

Year 5 and 6 students from Cliffe Woods Primary School visited Strood Academy for the Astrodome…

Friday 16 November 2012
Trafalgar PBL Day

Students from Trafalgar college successfully organised and took part in a Citizenship Eco -…

Friday 16 November 2012
Medicine Through Time

As part of their study of Medicine through Time, 9B History students took advantage of the…

Thursday 15 November 2012
An Amazing Effort

Our Year 11 boys have been working hard in English this term in preparation for their GCSE…

Wednesday 14 November 2012
Victory PBL Day

The Specialism for Strood Academy was reflected in a PBL Day challenge, which was embraced…

Friday 19 October 2012
Reading Improvement Programme

Every term a group of students are supported to develop their reading and comprehension skills.…

Wednesday 17 October 2012
Hercules Postcard Competition

Hercules have run a competition to design and produce a postcard that tutors and staff can…

Monday 15 October 2012
Trafalgar Crest

For our English homework Miss Henry gave us the task of creating a crest representing Trafalgar.…

Monday 15 October 2012
Alton Towers

On 13-14 October, the 6th form enjoyed a weekend at Alton Towers!

Sunday 14 October 2012
STEM Year 7

Year 7 STEM club runs on a Wednesday after school from 3.15-4.15 either in room 212 with Miss…

Sunday 14 October 2012
Victory Thorpe Park Trip

On Saturday 13th October over 140 students from Victory College went to Thorpe Park.

Friday 12 October 2012
Science Sounds

Year 8 students have been studying sound in science, and using vibrations in a range of classroom…

Friday 12 October 2012
Bugman Visit

On Friday 5 October, year 7 spent a lesson with "bug man" learning about a range of animals:

Thursday 11 October 2012
Hercules Senior Students Appointed

At the start of term, a number of positions of responsibility were advertised within Hercules…

Tuesday 09 October 2012
Phoenix Drama

In a fun Drama lesson, the students in Phoenix Class learnt about using ‘tableaux’ to present…

Wednesday 03 October 2012
Got To Dance!

The 12 and 13 Performing Arts and Dance groups went to see the "Got To Dance" auditions at…

Monday 01 October 2012
Victory Year 7 Bowling

As part of Victory College year 7 transition from primary school students have got to know…

Friday 28 September 2012
Voting For Council Reps

Over the past week each form has nominated a council representative for their college council,…

Friday 28 September 2012
A Slimy Lesson

Our Year 11 BTEC students have been studying monomers and polymers in Science, and today made…

Monday 24 September 2012
World Peace Day

Victory and Apollo Colleges Celebrate World Peace Day:

Thursday 20 September 2012
Loop Dance Company

A group of Year 9, 10 and 11 students took part in a dance workshop with Loop Dance Company…

Tuesday 18 September 2012
New Menus!

Staff and students have been delighted with the food provided by our new caterers, here are…

Monday 17 September 2012
Medway Messenger Article

PUPILS have been enjoying the shining new classrooms at Strood Academy.

Sunday 16 September 2012
Chicken Wings and Electrolysis

Students have been enjoying practical Science in our new facilities!

Sunday 16 September 2012
Jamie Oliver Cooking

Year 9 Jamie Oliver Level 1 Work skills group helped to cook the first ever meal in Strood…

Wednesday 12 September 2012
Paralympic Visit

On Thursday 6 September, a small group of 5 students visited the Olympic Park to watch the…

Thursday 30 August 2012
Citizenship Controlled Assessment Success!

For a second year in a row students celebrated high standards of achievement through activities…

Thursday 23 August 2012
Celebrating GCSE results

Students at Strood Academy are celebrating a good set of GCSE results for the third successive…

Thursday 16 August 2012
Best Ever Level 3 Results!

We are delighted to announce our best ever Level 3 results! Our overall pass rate this year…

Monday 06 August 2012
Paris Trip

On Monday 9th July, a group of 38 students from Years 7, 8 and 9 set off bright and early from…

Saturday 04 August 2012
Olympic City

Monday: In preparation for the opening ceremony of the Olympics , the group…

Friday 03 August 2012
Charity Fundraising 2011-12

Students at Strood Academy have supported many different charities throughout the academic…

Thursday 02 August 2012
Robot Olympics

During the robot Olympics students from Years 7, 8 & 9 had the opportunity to have an introduction…

Wednesday 01 August 2012
Olympic Fun

Students were given a range of activities during Activities Week which included: Olympic kite…

Tuesday 17 July 2012
Around Strood And Rochester

The aim for the three days was to get the pupils to explore local surrounding in a new light…

Tuesday 17 July 2012
It’s A Knockout!

Day 1 - Shorne Country Park
On Monday 9th July, Year 7, 8,& 9 Students…

Monday 16 July 2012
Olympic Week

This week has been a great success; students have learnt about The Olympics historically and…

Monday 16 July 2012
Olympic Space Camp

Students created paper gliders for various tasks: carrying weights, the longest flights and…

Monday 16 July 2012
Paris Trip, July 2012

We visited the stade de France and took a boat trip on the river Seine on the first day. We…

Monday 16 July 2012
WorkSkills Activities Week

This year the Year 9 WorkSkills class were able to enjoy a fun filled week revolving around…

Monday 16 July 2012
Game On

For this activity, students participated in a range of activities that centred around making…

Monday 16 July 2012
Performing Arts Activities Week

Last week the Performing Arts students from year 7, 8 and 9 have been participating in a variety…

Thursday 12 July 2012
Advertising Olympics

Advertising Olympics was designed around creating promotional items for London 2012.

Thursday 12 July 2012
6th Form Induction

During Activities Week, the 6th form have had their induction sessions. On Monday we had an…

Wednesday 11 July 2012
6th Form Thorpe Park

As part of the 6th form induction program, students enjoyed a day at Thorpe Park on Wednesday…

Wednesday 11 July 2012
Holistic Olympics

This small but special group braved the initial rain and had a entertaining time courtesy of…

Wednesday 11 July 2012
Build Your Own Stadium

This week years 7, 8 and 9 Students are designing and building their own Olympic Stadium. The…

Tuesday 10 July 2012
Media Olympics!

On Tuesday the 10th July, a group of students visited Gillingham Football Club and the brand…

Monday 09 July 2012
100% attendance meal

On Tuesday 3 July, our students who had achieved 100% attendance for the whole academic year…

Thursday 05 July 2012
Sports Presentation Celebration

On Wednesday 4th July, the Corn Exchange hosted the Annual Strood Academy Sports Awards Evening.…

Tuesday 03 July 2012
Sports Day 2102 In School

On Sports Day the communications department held a variety of activities for students in school…

Sunday 01 July 2012
Clubs and Activities

The following clubs run each week at Strood Academy and all start from November, please click…

Friday 29 June 2012
Sports Day 2012

On Thursday 28 June, most of the Academy went to Deangate for the day for our third Annual…

Friday 29 June 2012
Year 5 Academy Day

Friday 29 June 2012
Ukulele Workshop!

On the 27th of June, a selection of gifted and talented students were invited to take part…

Wednesday 27 June 2012
A Flaming Lesson!

Mrs Butcher's year 7 class have been doing "flame tests", whereby they can find out what a…

Saturday 23 June 2012
Family Fun Day

On Saturday 23 June, the PE and Performing Arts Faculty in partnership with The University…

Friday 15 June 2012
Jubilee Photography Competitions

Jubilee Moments / A Picture of Summer Photo Competition

Wednesday 13 June 2012
Athletics Series Events

On Wednesday the 8th May 14 Year 10 and 11 students participated in a warm up athletics competition…

Wednesday 13 June 2012
Dickens Soundscapes

On Tuesday the 29th of May, GCSE music students took part in a whole day workshop with a musician,…

Tuesday 12 June 2012
Olympic Literacy Corner

In 2012, the Olympics are coming to London. To celebrate the London Olympics through LITERACY…

Tuesday 12 June 2012
Year 7 Pattern Project

Please click on the thumbnails below to view the work of our year 7 students:

Tuesday 12 June 2012
Academy Council Raffle

The Academy Council members organised a Pink panther raffle draw for the last week of Term…

Monday 11 June 2012
Jubilee Cake Sale

On Friday 1st June we celebrated the Jubilee in our big cake sale.

Thursday 07 June 2012
Jubilee Sports Day

To celebrate the Jubilee, the P.E. Department hosted a 1952 style Sports Day in honour of the…

Friday 01 June 2012
Year 13 BTEC Art Exhibition

Please click on the icons below to start the gallery of top quality work shown at our 6th Form…

Friday 01 June 2012
Corporate Communications

Year 12 Business students have had an interesting time studying corporate communications in…

Thursday 31 May 2012
New Build Banner Project

The banner project made great progress with the wonderful help of our artist in residence,…

Thursday 31 May 2012
New Hat Thinking

Year seven have spent a day developing their problem solving and team work skills by completing…

Monday 28 May 2012
Phoenix flies the nest!

The Phoenix Transition Class has now closed for this academic year and our students are all…

Friday 25 May 2012
Class of 2012

Today we celebrated the achievements over the past 5 years of our wonderful year 11 students.

Thursday 24 May 2012
Teamwork in Phoenix

One of our mottoes in Phoenix class this year has been “T-E-A-M-work!” Our students…

Thursday 24 May 2012
6th Form 1st Aid

On Wednesday and Thursday Mr Davies taught some of the year 13 Btec CCLD Students the 12 hour…

Tuesday 22 May 2012
Year 11 KFC!

Year 11 have been collecting awards for extra effort in lessons.

Tuesday 22 May 2012
Greenwich Planetarium Trip

We arrived in good time and took a walk towards the Royal Observatory, stopping for lunch outside…

Tuesday 15 May 2012
Our Students Meet The Author

On Friday 4th of May we had the author Tony Lee, come to visit the students at Strood Academy.

Friday 11 May 2012
Year 10 BTEC Art

Please click on the thumbnails below to see the work of our BTEC Art students, May 2012:

Friday 11 May 2012
Art Gallery May 2012

Please click on the thumbnails below to see the wonderful artwork of Mrs Helme's year 7, 10…

Wednesday 09 May 2012
Sponsored Physiotherapy

Just before the Easter break Alecia Yarlett, year 9, took part in a sponsored physiotherapy…

Wednesday 09 May 2012
Banner Work Has Begun

On Tuesday 8th May work began on producing the banners for the reception areas for the new…

Tuesday 01 May 2012
UKMT Maths Challenge April 2012

Yet again Strood Academy students met the challenge by competing against 31 schoolsÂ’s including…

Tuesday 01 May 2012
Council Visit New Build

The Academy council members visited the new Academy site on Thursday 15th March.

Tuesday 01 May 2012
Year 9 Thorpe Park

On Saturday 21st April most of the year 9 students came to Thorpe Park with many of teachers…

Monday 30 April 2012
Ypres Visit

On 20th April 49 History Students took part in the annual Human Studies visit to Ypres and…

Thursday 26 April 2012
Refining Study Skills

6th Form AS and A2 students spent two hours today with colleagues from the School's Network…

Wednesday 25 April 2012
Circle Theorems

Year 11s at the Strood Academy have been working incredibly hard since receiving their GCSE…

Wednesday 25 April 2012
Aerial Views of the New Build

Here are some stunning aerial photography of our new building and the surrounding area.

Tuesday 24 April 2012
Staff Marathon Runners

On Sunday, three of our Academy staff, Mrs Gunn, Mr Gray and Miss Jerome, set out from Greenwich…

Monday 23 April 2012
Bubblez Maths Visits Year 7

On Wednesday 18th April Year 7 Students were visited by a clown from the organisation Bubblez…

Wednesday 18 April 2012
Gifted and Talented Evening

On 18 April 2012 we celebrated the achievements of our Gifted and Talented students across…

Wednesday 18 April 2012
Saracens v Harlequins School Trip

On Saturday 31st March the PE department took 31 students to the Saracens v Harlequins at Wembley…

Thursday 05 April 2012
A Level Photography Gallery 2

Please click on the thumbnails below to see large copies of shots taken by our AS and A2 photography…

Thursday 05 April 2012
First On The Olympic Track

As a reward for so many Strood Academy Students taking part in the Olympic Gold Challenge event,…

Wednesday 04 April 2012
A Level Photography Gallery 1

Please click on the thumbnails below to see large copies of shots taken by our AS and A2 photography…

Wednesday 04 April 2012
A Level Law

With only about 6 weeks to go until their A'Level exams, students are getting down to serious…

Friday 30 March 2012
Art Gallery, March 2012

Please click on the images below to see large pictures of our students' work:

Thursday 29 March 2012
Charlton Athletic 6th Form Visit

Our Year 13 BTEC sports group paid a visit to Charlton Athletic Football Club to research sports…

Monday 26 March 2012
Easter Revision

We are pleased to confirm that the Academy will be open the following days through the Easter…

Saturday 24 March 2012
Sports Relief

On Friday 23rd March, the P.E. and Performing Arts Faculty arranged a number of fund raising…

Friday 23 March 2012
Year 10 Work Experience

Week one of work experience is nearly over. We have had a lot of positive feedback from the…

Friday 23 March 2012
Students Get the Power to Vote!

The Academy has recently purchased a Powervote system which adds a bit of fun to the often…

Thursday 22 March 2012
Art Gallery, March 2012

Welcome to our online art gallery, please click on the small icons below to see our students'…

Thursday 22 March 2012
Stunning Hairspray Performance

21 March 2012 saw the last ever performance in our current hall, the 6th Form Performing Arts…

Wednesday 21 March 2012
Health and Social Care Uni Day

Today ten of our year 11 students visited the University if Greenwich at Chatham to take part…

Wednesday 21 March 2012
Learn to Earn

On Friday 16th March Year students took part in Learn to Earn, a financial awareness programme…

Tuesday 20 March 2012
Year 9 Visit to Madam Tussauds

Year 9 Business students visited Madam Tussauds in London to research branding and visual merchandising.

Tuesday 20 March 2012
Wembley International Match

On Wednesday 29 February the PE department took 42 students to the England vs Holland friendly…

Tuesday 20 March 2012
Move It 6th Form Dance

The year 12 and 13 Performing arts and Dance students went to Move It at London Olympia last…

Tuesday 20 March 2012
Year 9 Army Day

Students from Year 9 were taken on an Army activity day at Folkestone to undertake different…

Tuesday 20 March 2012
Me2 Project

Over the last 6 weeks a group of sixth form students took part in the Kent Youth Me2 Project.…

Monday 19 March 2012
Debbie Moore Celebrates New Build

On 16 March 2012, we were delighted that Debbie Moore, founder of Pineapple Studios, was able…

Monday 19 March 2012
Camping Expedition

In March 2012, our 6th form BTEC students went on a camping expedition to Broadstone Warren…

Monday 19 March 2012
Sports Relief

Friday March 23rd sees Strood Academy attempting to raise as much money as possible for the…

Thursday 15 March 2012
Teacher Training 6th Form

On Wednesday 14 March, a group of 6th form students visited the University of Greenwich to…

Thursday 15 March 2012
Year 9 STEM dye

Year 9 spent their 2nd STEM session learning how to use various dyes.

Thursday 15 March 2012
Primary School Athletics

As part of the sixth form level 2 BTEC course we had to organise an event, our event was year…

Tuesday 13 March 2012
Year 9 STEM

Year 9 STEM students were set two challenges by BAM construction.

Tuesday 13 March 2012
“Is it worth it” Tour

On Monday 12th March 2012. The 'Is it worth it' school tour visited Strood Academy.

Thursday 08 March 2012
Outstanding Olympics Hit Strood Academy!

Hospitality BTEC Sixth Form introduces 2012 Olympics to their world wide buffet event.

Monday 05 March 2012
STEM Year 7 Project

On Thursday the 1st of March year 7 completed the Risk it Enterprise technology challenge.…

Friday 02 March 2012
STEM Year 9

Year 9's first STEM activity this year was with LUSH.

Thursday 01 March 2012
Year 10 vs Thomas Aveling

The title challenging Year 10s went into the game with Thomas Aveling missing OÂ’Keeffe…

Thursday 01 March 2012
Dracula Production

On the evening of Wednesday 29th February, some of the Year 11 and Year 13 Students took part…

Thursday 01 March 2012
BBC School News Report

BBC News School Report gives 11-16 year-old students in the UK the chance to make their own…

Saturday 25 February 2012
6th Form Gillingham Visit

On Tuesday 21st February Btec Sport visited Gillingham Football Club to have a tour of the…

Wednesday 22 February 2012
6th Form Careers Fayre

On Tuesday 21 February, the 6th form spent the afternoon asking questions of potential employers…

Saturday 11 February 2012
9O Bake Sale

On the Friday 3rd February 2012, 9O held a bake sale for a charity event. Everyone took part…

Friday 10 February 2012
New Frontiers

The year 7 students that stayed in school on PBL day learnt about the solar system, they learnt…

Friday 10 February 2012
Year 11 Performing Arts Show

On Tuesday and Wednesday evening the Year 11 Performing Arts group performed their final showcase…

Friday 10 February 2012
Research in Brighton

On Tuesday 7th February the year 11 BTEC Art students went to Brighton to complete research…

Thursday 09 February 2012
Year 7 Science Museum Trip

On Tuesday 31st January, a large proportion of year 7 travelled up to the Science Museum in…

Wednesday 08 February 2012
DisneyLand Paris Trip

On the 1st February a group of year 10-14 students went to Disneyland Paris. We had a great…

Wednesday 08 February 2012
Olympic Enterprise Activities

The year 11 activities were all based around the theme of the London 2012 Olympics. Students…

Tuesday 07 February 2012
Year 10 HUB Challenge

For the Project Based Learning Day on Tuesday 31st January learners from Year 10 undertook…

Monday 06 February 2012
Year 13 Marketing Project

On Tuesday 31st January 2012, Year 13 embarked on a marketing PBL day.

Friday 03 February 2012
Year 9 Functional Designs

Year 9 spent the January Project Based Learning day designing models, building models and exploring…

Friday 03 February 2012
6th Form Coca Cola Visit

On Friday 20th January Year 13 Business Studies visited the Coca Cola Centre in Sidcup.

Friday 03 February 2012
STEM Pyramid Challenge with BAM

"The STEM group spent the day with BAM and Miss Lindsay to complete the pyramid challenge.…

Wednesday 01 February 2012
The Apprentice Meets Year 12

On Tuesday 31st of January, for our project based learning day, we had the privilege of meeting…

Wednesday 01 February 2012
A Very French Delivery

This week Mrs Ahern's French class had some French food delivered. They had exchanged parcels…

Wednesday 01 February 2012
Loop Ed Youth Dance Company

Strood Academy visited by Loop Ed Youth Dance Company on Monday 30th January 2012

Monday 30 January 2012
Pheonix Hornimann Trip

A highlight of our year in the Pheonix group has been our educational trip to Horniman Museum…

Friday 27 January 2012
Year 9 Bowling

As a reward for being the top twenty students who have consistently demonstrated over the past…

Friday 27 January 2012
STEM Hair Extensions

In week 3, the year 8 STEM members had fun colouring hair extensions with very luminous colours.…

Wednesday 25 January 2012
Hospitality Trip to Bluewater

On 18 January 2012, our Year 12 Hospitality students visited Bluewater to learn about customer…

Tuesday 24 January 2012
9D – Supporting a Good Cause

In order to raise money for charity 9D undertook a cake sale on Tuesday 24th January.

Thursday 19 January 2012
Gifted and Talented Dance Workshop

Last Thursday a group of 21 boys and girls from years 7-10 took part in a Gifted and Talented…

Thursday 19 January 2012
Year 7 Art Exhibition

Our Year 7 Gifted and Talented Art students have spent some time each week working with staff…

Tuesday 17 January 2012
Year 8 LUSH

In week 1 of this term, the new year 8 STEM had a good time with LUSH.

Saturday 14 January 2012
Sporting Opportunities

The extra curricular PE clubs, here at Strood Academy, have always proven to be a great success…

Friday 13 January 2012
Probably the Best School in the World!

Class 7n/Ma3 had been looking at chance with theoretical probability and had progressed very…

Wednesday 11 January 2012
6th Form Christmas Quiz

At the end of term 2, the 6th form enjoyed a Christmas Quiz in the hall.

Friday 06 January 2012
Building Computers!

On Wednesday 14th December the Computer Building Club reached their ultimate goal of building…

Tuesday 03 January 2012
Kent Youth me2 Project

We are delighted that we will be running the me2 project at Strood Academy.

Friday 16 December 2011
Lantern Procession

A group of us from the Academy Council went to Rochester to take part in the Lantern Procession.

Thursday 15 December 2011
Functional Skills

Year 10 took part in a Maths functional skills lesson, in which they completed a shared task…

Thursday 15 December 2011
Charity Christmas Sale

On Wed 13 December, the culmination of many hours work came to place as handcrafted Christmas…

Wednesday 14 December 2011
Celebrating Year 11

14 December 2011 saw two brand new events as we launched an evening to support Year 11 students…

Wednesday 14 December 2011
STEM Spaghetti Towers

Students from our STEM group worked with Elena from BAM, the company that is constructing our…

Wednesday 14 December 2011
Medway Timeline

Many thanks to last years 7Â’s and this years Phoenix group for producing some excellent…

Wednesday 14 December 2011
Go Geographers!

The first two terms of 2011/12 have been a busy time for the year 11 geography students. They…

Tuesday 13 December 2011
Christmas Show 2011

Well done to all of the singers, dancers and actors for putting on a wonderful Christmas show…

Tuesday 13 December 2011
Amazing Christmas Cakes

Over a 3 week period, Thomas, Christopher, Jason , Sonny, Lee, Amy, Christopher, Chloe, Charlotte…

Tuesday 13 December 2011
9C and 9M sponsored miles for Cancer Research

On December 8th 9C and 9M braved the wet and windy weather to take part in a charity walk,…

Monday 12 December 2011
MP Visits Year 11

Tracey Crouch, MP for Chatham and Aylesford, visited…

Sunday 11 December 2011
Presentation Evening

On 8 December 2011 we held our 3rd annual presentation evening, celebrating the success of…

Sunday 11 December 2011
Magazine Club

Magazine club has been running every Thursday morning in the canteen, here's what the students…

Sunday 11 December 2011
Senior Challenge Success

The Senior Challenge is aimed at all 16-19 year olds studying mathematics and the Challenge…

Friday 09 December 2011
Choir Hospice Visit

On Thursday 8 December, a group of students from the Strood Academy Choir and soloists went…

Friday 09 December 2011
Clothes Show Live

On Tuesday 6 December, Art and Design students from various years went to the Clothes…

Wednesday 07 December 2011
Christmas Senior Citizen Tea Party

As part of our Level 3 Business course, we had to organise an entire event and we chose to…

Tuesday 06 December 2011
Voyage à Arras

Our GCSE French students got up far earlier than normal for a day trip to Arras to practise…

Tuesday 06 December 2011
Excellent Adult Learning

After launching the partnership with Strood Academy in the summer with courses in Indian Head…

Monday 05 December 2011
Year 11 Teach Eco Awareness

Year 7 and 11 students took part in tasks focussing on Eco-Awareness. For this day year 11…

Monday 05 December 2011
World’s Biggest Maths Lesson

On Friday 2nd December Year 7 took part in Number Day – a big sponsored maths lesson to…

Friday 02 December 2011
STEM Robots

"Today in STEM we made robots, it was really fun and it was a bit fiddly but we did it in the…

Thursday 01 December 2011
Numeracy Improvement Programme

The AcademyÂ’s Numeracy Improvement Programme (NIP) is an intervention programme for students…

Thursday 01 December 2011
Year 7 Tropical Inc

Tropical Inc gave an inspirational and interactive lesson to all of our year 7 students on…

Wednesday 30 November 2011
Motivation and Teamwork

The Year 9Â’s had a fun-filled day based around Motivation and Teamwork which involved a…

Wednesday 30 November 2011
Guilty or Not Guilty?

For the Year 8Â’s PBL Day they had organised sessions which were based on Law. Their activity…

Wednesday 30 November 2011
Children In Need

Year Eight really embraced the idea of supporting others by taking part in activities to raise…

Wednesday 30 November 2011
Lego League Competition

On Wednesday 23rd November selected Gifted and Talented learners in Year 7, 8 and 9 undertook…

Wednesday 23 November 2011
Organising a Business Event

As part of our Year 13 BTEC Business unit on setting up an event, we were given the opportunity…

Wednesday 23 November 2011
Year 11 BTEC Business Visit Bluewater

As part of their Visual Merchandising unit, the Year 11 BTEC Business Studies students visited…

Monday 21 November 2011
Cooking All The Way to the Final

Congratulations to Rita, Year 10, for being featured in an article in the Medway Messenger…

Monday 21 November 2011
AS Biology Trip

Our AS Human Biology students went to the Kent Science Resource centre to have a chance to…

Friday 18 November 2011
Gifted and Talented Science Evening

On Monday 14 November an evening of activities was held for our Gifted and Talented Science…

Friday 18 November 2011
LIP – Literacy Improvement Programme

The AcademyÂ’s Literacy Improvement Programme (LIP) is a highly tailored intervention that…

Thursday 17 November 2011
Think A Link

Think a Link have visited year seven and eight to look at fun and easy ways to remember things.

Tuesday 15 November 2011
Charity Car Wash

On Thursday 10th November, the yr9 Work Skills group ran a Charity Car Wash for Children in…

Monday 14 November 2011
New Kindles rock Reading Improvement Program

This week in Reading Improvement Program (RIP), we have been using the new Kindles. The Kindles…

Monday 14 November 2011
STEM Lush Project

Our STEM students enjoyed a session making bath bombs with LUSH, as can be seen from the comments…

Thursday 10 November 2011
Phoenix Dream Boxes

In the Phoenix Class recently we have completed our Dream Project boxes, which was an idea…

Thursday 10 November 2011
6th Form Children In Need

Our 6th form arranged for Pudsey to visit the school today, he spent a breaktimes and lunchtimes…

Thursday 10 November 2011
9E Bake Off For Cancer Relief

Sixteen members of 9E stayed late on 8th November to bake cakes for our year 9 chosen charity.