Race Day was a huge success yet again!
All our pupils took part in races or challenges to earn points for their house team! It was super seeing so much competitiveness.
Parents and siblings were invited to watch…. and of course take part in races of their own!
A huge congrats to all who took part! 
Pupils at our BD7 site played volleyball with a Team England Volleyball Player! 
Josh came into school during our Sports Week to teach our pupils some tips and tricks to improve their volleyball game.
Pupils loved learning from Josh and finding out more about what it’s like to be an athlete!
Sports Week… Kin-ball
All of our classes took part in competitive Kin-ball games to earn points for their houses!
After recently training our teachers to lead these sessions, we love to see the impact so early on with the enthusiasm our pupils have shown!
Kin-Ball is a globally recognised, team-oriented sport that emphasises inclusivity, cooperation, and equal participation! #IMAS #KinBall
We held Memorial afternoon on the 5th of June. 
Each year we spend an afternoon remembering our lovely Delius stars who are no longer with us! 
Families are invited in to spend time in our memorial garden, with refreshments and the opportunity to catch up as a community. There are poems read and prayers said, as well pictures shared with bright smiles.
Classes spent the afternoon doing their favourite things with their friends, taking time to enjoy each other's company.
To end the afternoon, everyone blows bubbles up into the sky in remembrance. 
Up they go! 
This morning pupils from both our BD7 & BD3 sites visited Big Depot Leeds to give rock climbing a go!
They showed incredible courage to try something new, climbing very high!
The pupils who attended enjoy climbing, so heading to the climbing wall helped to develop this talent in a safe way! Pupils were harnessed in for safety, and some of our pupils who are wheelchair users used special slings!
Our pupils all get different opportunities to try new things through our bespoke enrichment programme - The Delius Experience!
A huge thanks to all the staff at the Depot who supported this incredible opportunity!
On Friday we hosted our annual Dragons Den! 
Classes within our Comets & Astronauts pathways competed to have their chosen as the winner. Each class worked as a team to design their own sensory box, and pitch to the Dragons!
Our panel was made up of an external judge, Paul from N.I.C, and 2 pupils from Co-op Academy Southfield’s Academy council!
Well done to green base who came out as the winners, but also to everyone for participating and developing their design & presenting skills!
#worldofworkweek
Pupils At Work
Workshops popped up all over school for World of Work Week last week!
From police officers solving cases out and about, to Delius’ very own delivery service - We even had pupils issuing passports! 
The fire service visited teaching us how to stay safe and how they can help us! We even had a go at window cleaning with N.I.C, a skill we can use at home!
We looked after some poorly pets in our own vets, assessing and treating them, and then some of us even turned into doctors treating humans too! 
At BD7 we had pupils running the tuck shop, and a pop up salon at BD3 helped make sure everyone was looking their best!
During World of Work Week pupils were transferring skills from the classroom into real life experiences, building confidence and communication along the way! Aspirations were raised with pupils learning about the opportunities out there!
Last week some of our Upper Meteors classes visited Bradford Arts Centre to be immersed in a galactic performance!
Interplay Theatre Company brought their sensory production of Out of Orbit, so our pupils could enjoy live theatre as part our ‘Delius Experience’ programme
‘The Delius Experience’ is our bespoke enrichment and experience programme designed to give pupils irresistible opportunities and to develop the whole child.
The programme identifies key enrichment areas such as ‘experiencing live arts’ and ‘caring for others’. Each pupil has a Experience passport which builds over their time with us at Co-op Academy Delius!
This week our year 6 pupils who are moving to Co-op Academy Southfield in September had their first transition visit!
Whilst pupils from Southfield were having a training day, staff used the opportunity for Delius pupils to visit the school whilst it was nice and quiet. We enjoyed meeting Southfield staff and starting to build strong relationships!
We joined in with a fantastic scavenger hunt which sent us around Southfield, experiencing some of the fun places on offer!
This term our Swim Afterschool Club is parent swim – where parents get the opportunity to come & swim with their child in our school pool! 
Our parents have really enjoyed joining in with what their child does at school and seeing just how confident their children are in the water! 
Sometimes swimming baths can be too busy and loud, and if we’re honest… cold. But our swimming pool is a calm and safe place our pupils are used to coming to, so sharing these experiences with their parents here helps make swimming just so much more fun! (Our pool is also lovely and warm!)
You might’ve seen some of the training we have been doing with Liquid Listening !
We joined up with Co-op Academy Southfield to train in musical hydrotherapy! We now have 5 staff members trained to deliver these incredible sessions at BD3.
We now have water speakers with sound vibrations, that play relaxing music. Staff then support children to float on the water's surface – feeling weightless and relaxed! 
These are paired with our sensory lighting in the pool, providing the perfect environment! 
The pupils helped train our staff, practising with them! This was great as our staff could get hands on and confident in our own pool with our own pupils!
The sessions are up and running at Co-op Academy Delius, and are LOVED by all!
Summer Stunning Start!
On Friday we had this terms Stunning Start! Our Stunning start kicks off our topics with a bang, and helps our teachers understand what we already know to plan for our next learning steps!
Our topics this term are:
EYFS - Farm - What can we find on the farm?
Lower Primary - Jungle - Is it cold in the jungle?
Upper Primary - The African Plains - Does it rain on the African plain?
A selection of irresistible activities and experiences were set up across our BD3 & BD7 sites to engage and challenge all!
We all started the day with a whole school ‘wake up, shake up’, moving our bodies to keep healthy! This set our bodies up for an exciting day!
We took a quick trip to Africa in our courtyard, and printed huge African fabric in our BD7 hall 
Our sensory rooms were turned into a deep Green jungle! Pupils had to spot jungle animals through the vines! 
We also had a pop up farm in our Immersive suite, showing us the difference between jungles and farms!
2 huge cooking challenges took place also with pupils going head to head to create the best recipe! We are learning about healthy eating this term during our PSED lessons! Will the red team or green team win?
